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Caribbean & Central America - June 2015 (ISSN 1741-4458)
NICARAGUA: Human rights concerns persist over ‘Gran Canal’ project
Last month international human rights organisations like the International Federation for Human-Rights expressed concern about the expulsion of two representatives of the US-based NGO, Center for Justice and International Law (Cejil), who were visiting Nicaragua at the invitation of a local human rights group, Centro Nicaragüense de Derechos Humanos (Cenidh). The expulsion of the two foreign nationals - Luis Carlos Buob, a Peruvian-Swiss lawyer and his Spanish colleague, Marta González –was linked to their efforts to denounce human rights violationS relating to the ‘Gran Canal’ project - the US$50bn build-operate contract for which the Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional (FSLN) government led by President Daniel Ortega awarded in 2013 to Hong Kong Nicaragua Canal Development Company (HKND).
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