Nicaraguan protesters have been tortured in jails, police stations and clandestine detention centers, since an outbreak of massive protests against President Daniel Ortega's government erupted in April of 2018. A new report by Colectivo de Derechos Humanos Nicaragua Nunca+ interviewed 56 former political detainees who spoke of mistreatment under detention, but also ongoing harassment and and official persecution since regaining freedom earlier this year. The report details sexual violations, suffocation with plastic bags, beatings and kicks, electric shocks, cigarette burns, use of “Russian roulette” and sustained verbal abuse. It includes four detailed testimonies of women who suffered serious sexual abuse during their detention. (
Nicaraguan detainees tortured, harassed -- report (Dec. 13, 2019)
Nicaraguan detainees tortured, harassed …
Nicaraguan detainees tortured, harassed -- report (Dec. 13, 2019)
Nicaraguan protesters have been tortured in jails, police stations and clandestine detention centers, since an outbreak of massive protests against President Daniel Ortega's government erupted in April of 2018. A new report by Colectivo de Derechos Humanos Nicaragua Nunca+ interviewed 56 former political detainees who spoke of mistreatment under detention, but also ongoing harassment and and official persecution since regaining freedom earlier this year. The report details sexual violations, suffocation with plastic bags, beatings and kicks, electric shocks, cigarette burns, use of “Russian roulette” and sustained verbal abuse. It includes four detailed testimonies of women who suffered serious sexual abuse during their detention. (