Urgent Action Update: Detention continues for over a hundred persons

Scores of people continue detained in Nicaragua after more than one year from the beginning of the human rights crisis.

Scores of people remain in detention in Nicaragua after more than one year from the beginning of the human rights crisis. We urge the Nicaraguan authorities to immediately release and drop all charges against all those detained solely for exercising their right to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly.

Take action.

PLEASE SEND APPEALS BEFORE 10 OCTOBER 2019

Please write urgently in your own words or using the template letter in English or Spanish to:

Daniel Ortega Saavedra

President of Nicaragua

c/o Minister for Foreign Affairs

Del cine González 1 c. al Sur, 

sobre Avenida Bolivar, 

Managua, Nicaragua

[email protected] / Twitter: @DenisCanciller

Salutation: Dear President Ortega

Francisco Javier Díaz Madriz.

National Police director

Metrocentro, 2 cuadras al Este, edificio Faustino Ruiz, Plaza del Sol, Managua, Nicaragua

[email protected]    /    [email protected]

Salutation: Dear Mr Director 

Also send copies to diplomatic representatives accredited to your country.

HER EXCELLENCY GUISELL MORALES-ECHAVERRY Embassy of Nicaragua Suite 2 Vicarage House 58-60 Kensington Church Street W8 4DB Tel: 020 7938 2373 Fax: 020 7937 0952 [email protected] 

Please check with your section before sending appeals after the above date.