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Weekly Report - 02 August 2018 (WR-18-30)
NICARAGUA: IACHR warns of “third phase of repression”
Paulo Abrão, the executive director of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), recently warned that the Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional (FSLN) government led by President Daniel Ortega had now begun the “third phase of repression” in response to the crisis sparked by anti-government protests in mid-April – criminalising opposition leaders. This follows previous phases which Abrão identifies as excessive use of force against demonstrators and “Operation Clean-up” – attempts to eliminate the population’s self-defence barricades. Abrão’s remarks regarding the so-called “third phase” are in response to recent arrests of opposition figures who are due to be tried under the newly approved anti-terrorism law.
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