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Weekly Report - 05 July 2018 (WR-18-26)

NICARAGUA: Nicaragua’s military under pressure

The Nicaraguan military is facing mounting calls to clarify its stance in relation to the crisis which began mid-April sparked by the brutal state crackdown on anti-government protesters (which is ongoing) and has so far left 309 people dead on the latest (3 July) figures from a local NGO Asociación Nicaragüense Pro Derechos Humanos (ANPDH). Having sought to distance itself from any involvement in the state repression of the protesters, the military has yet to criticise the Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional (FSLN) government led by President Daniel Ortega or the police (PNN). However, the presence of paramilitary forces on the streets is piling the pressure on the military to intervene.

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