Update: Human Rights Organizations at Risk

As the National Assembly approved cancelling the legal registration of the Nicaraguan Center for Human Rights (CENIDH), the National Police broke into their offices, and the premises of other three human rights organisations and an independent newspaper. These recent attacks are examples of the continued strategy of repression by the Nicaraguan state against journalists and human rights defenders.

As the National Assembly approved cancelling the legal registration of the Nicaraguan Center for Human Rights (CENIDH), the National Police broke into their offices, and the premises of other three human rights organisations and an independent newspaper. These recent attacks are examples of the continued strategy of repression by the Nicaraguan state against journalists and human rights defenders. 1) TAKE ACTION Write a letter, send an email, call, fax or tweet:

• Urging them to guarantee freedom of expression to human rights defenders and media workers without repression, attacks, harassment and criminalisation;
• Urging them to stop harassing and attacking human rights organizations, human rights defenders, independent media and other dissenting voices;
• Urging them to halt the strategy of repression by shutting down human rights organisations.

Contact these two officials by 21 January 2019:

President of Nicaragua Daniel Ortega Saavedra Presidencia de la República frente a Palacio Nacional, calle 4 Noroeste Managua, Nicaragua, 11001 Fax: +505 2228 9090 Twitter: @DanielOrtega_Ni Salutation: Dear Mr President

Ambassador Francisco Obadiah Campbell Hooker Embassy of Nicaragua 1627 New Hampshire Ave. NW Washington DC 20009 Phone: 202 939 6570 I Fax: 202 939 6545 Email: [email protected] -OR- [email protected] Salutation: Dear Ambassador

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