Nicaragua’s Universal Periodic Review Archives - Committee to Protect Journalists

CPJ and eight more journalism and human rights groups signed a submission documenting the use of various tactics to silence journalists in Nicaragua, such as the closure of the Nicaraguan Journalists Association office, pictured here on March 17, 2022, in Managua, Nicaragua . (Reuters/Maynor Valenzuela)

Press freedom in Nicaragua nearly nonexistent, CPJ and rights groups tell UN

August 27, 2024 3:00 AM EDT

Mexico City, August 27, 2024—Nicaragua has escalated its persecution of critical voices since 2018, pushing freedom of expression to a nearly nonexistent state, according to a joint submission to the United Nations by the Committee to Protect Journalists and eight other journalism and human rights groups. The submission, prepared for Nicaragua’s Universal Periodic Review in…