Nicaragua: UN experts publish groundbreaking report naming 54 officials responsible for systematic repression

The UN Group of Human Rights Experts on Nicaragua today released a landmark report which identifies for the first time dozens of Government, military and ruling party officials it says are responsible for grave human rights violations, abuses and crimes that are fueling an escalating and systematic campaign of repression in Nicaragua.

All 54 persons named in the report – which details institutional structures, command chains and individual responsibilities – played key roles in arbitrary detentions, torture, extrajudicial executions, persecution of civil society and the media, denationalization campaigns, and the confiscation of private property.

The 234-page report – based on extensive interviews, verified documentation and confidential sources – includes detailed diagrams mapping the relationships between State and non-state actors within Nicaragua’s ruling apparatus. It underscores how Daniel Ortega and his wife Rosario Murillo – who assumed the titles of “co-presidents” following a February 2025 constitutional reform – have built a centralized and repressive regime that has co-opted all branches of Government and blurred the lines between party and State.

Read the full report (in Spanish only) here.