US-based group says despite overall global decline for 17th year in 2022, net improvement may be on the horizon.
Human rights experts are calling for sanctions against President Daniel Ortega’s government.
Will stripping citizenship silence Nicaragua’s critics?
UN chief Guterres said that the right to nationality was ‘fundamental’ and should not be weaponised against critics.
Analysts, legal experts and human rights groups condemn the move, which they say violates international law.
Bishop Roland Alvarez was sentenced to 26 years in prison after refusing to join other political prisoners in exile.
Blinken calls for dialogue in rare high-level contact between the countries, a day after 222 prisoners released.
The announcement comes after Nicaragua’s legislature moved to strip the released prisoners of their citizenship.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken welcomes release as ‘constructive step’ amid Nicaraguan gov’t crackdown on critics.
New rules allowing US to turn more people away at border with Mexico ignore rights of asylum seekers, advocates say.
Citizens of El Salvador, Honduras, Haiti and three other nations will get relief from US deportation until mid-2024.
New sanctions are imposed in response to ‘attacks on democratic actors and members of civil society’, US says.
Nicaragua, Honduras and El Salvador’s vote changes this year reflect relations with world superpowers, analysts say.
Tit-for-tat measure comes amid ongoing international criticism of Nicaraguan government’s human rights record.
