Nicaragua strips lawyers of certification in latest crackdown on dissent
- The government of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo has been accused of human rights abuses against critics.
- Nicaragua’s government has stripped masses of lawyers of their licences to practise, in what critics see as yet another attack on the country’s critics.
- On Friday, a United Nations expert called the government’s actions a “purge of the legal profession”, aimed at eroding the country’s final shreds of democratic checks and balances.
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- The government of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo has been accused of human rights abuses against critics.
- Nicaragua’s government has stripped masses of lawyers of their licences to practise, in what critics see as yet another attack on the country’s critics.
- On Friday, a United Nations expert called the government’s actions a “purge of the legal profession”, aimed at eroding the country’s final shreds of democratic checks and balances.
Sources: Al Jazeera