# Nicaragua’s crackdown on opponents amounts to crimes against humanity, UN experts say

https://mins.news/en/item/68479

- Reuters, 2026-09-22 07:25 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/nicaraguas-crackdown-opponents-amounts-crimes-against-humanity-un-experts-say-2026-09-22/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6ab22d50b314680001feffd7

> A report released Tuesday by UN experts says Nicaragua’s state institutions have jointly carried out enforced disappearances, torture and arbitrary detention against political opponents, conduct it describes as amounting to crimes against humanity.

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