Nicaragua’s Congress approved a sweeping amnesty law during a Saturday session that will offer protection to police and others who took part in a violent clampdown on anti-government protesters over the past year. Passed by lawmakers allied with President Daniel Ortega who control the chamber just a day after it was introduced, the legislation faced […]
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Freed Nicaraguan prisoner tells of torture
One Nicaraguan guard pinned his hand to a table with his knee while another ripped out a nail with a pair of pliers. Opposition supporter Lenin Rojas, recently released from prison to house arrest, says he screamed in pain. The 36-year-old says his cry was heard throughout the El Chipote prison in Nicaragua’s capital, Managua. […]