The U.N. Human Rights Experts Group on Nicaragua said the abuses constituted “crimes against humanity.”
executed at least 40 people and ordered hospitals not to treat demonstrators wounded in antigovernment protests.on Nicaragua said the abuses constituted “crimes against humanity.” Ortega jailed opponents and outlawed civic groups following the 2018 protests, which he claimed were part of a foreign-orchestrated plot to oust him.
Ortega's government engaged in “extrajudicial executions, arbitrary detentions, torture, and other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment,” according to the report. The Nicaraguan government has refused to recognize the group.Sign up for NBC LA newsletters.
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