Nicaragua's crackdown on opponents amounts to crimes against humanity, UN experts say

UN experts say Nicaragua’s state institutions have carried out enforced disappearances, torture and arbitrary detention of political opponents, conduct they describe as crimes against humanity. In a report published Tuesday, three UN investigators documented imprisonment, torture and political persecution as part of what they call a widespread and systematic attack against civilians. The experts said police, prosecutors and intelligence services coordinated under a chain of command reaching senior government levels to identify, monitor and imprison critics. The report comes as Daniel Ortega—co-president with his wife Rosario Murillo—has tightened political controls, including ending elections in July and supporting a September constitutional reform banning opposition parties.