EU: Sanction Nicaraguans for Grave Abuses

Expand An officer of the National Police shoots at a group of people outside the shopping mall Metrocentro in Managua, Nicaragua, May 28, 2018.  © 2018 Oscar Martín Sánchez Valdivia (Brussels) – The European Union (EU) and its member states should act promptly under its newly adopted sanctions framework to impose targeted sanctions against President Daniel Ortega and other top Nicaraguan officials responsible for serious human rights violations, Human Rights Watch said today. On October 14, 2019, EU foreign ministers adopted a legal framework for targeted restrictive measures against people…

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