Nicaragua: US Should Impose Targeted Sanctions

Expand An anti-government protester is dragged away and arrested by police as security forces disrupt an opposition march coined "United for Freedom" in Managua, Nicaragua, Sunday, Oct. 14, 2018. © 2018 AP Photo/Alfredo Zuniga (Washington, DC) – The United States Congress should press the executive branch to impose targeted sanctions, including travel bans and asset freezes, against senior Nicaraguan government officials responsible for abuses, Human Rights Watch said today in testimony before the US Congress. José Miguel Vivanco, Americas director at Human Rights Watch, testified before the…

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