Human rights

Our latest

• Investigation: Seven years later, no one charged in the prison killing of U.S. Navy veteran Eddy Montes

  Our original investigation, Oct. 20, 2026.

• The Nica Times Daily Brief, Oct. 19

  Our Substack brief with the day's sourced headlines.

• Follow @NicaTimesNews on X

  Daily updates on human rights cases.

Trusted sources on this beat

• IACHR / CIDH (Inter-American Commission on Human Rights)

  Precautionary measures, statements and reports on Nicaragua.

• UN Group of Human Rights Experts on Nicaragua (GHREN)

  The UN expert group's investigations and reports.

• Human Rights Watch: Nicaragua

  Reporting and analysis.

• Amnesty International: Nicaragua

  Reporting and urgent actions.

• Mechanism for the Recognition of Political Prisoners (MRPPPN)

  Verified, regularly updated list of political prisoners (Spanish).

• U.S. State Department: 2023 Human Rights Report, Nicaragua

  The official U.S. human rights assessment.

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