Archive · 4 Oct 2025
UN Urges Nicaragua to Account for Disappeared Persons
The United Nations is asking Nicaragua to find out what happened to over 120 people who have gone missing since 2018.
These people disappeared after the government cracked down on protests.
The UN believes the disappearances are happening because people are against the government.
The UN wants the government to stop taking people and to find those who have disappeared.
However, the Nicaraguan government has not responded to the UN's requests.
A similar issue is happening to Nicaraguans abroad.
The UN is worried because people are afraid to report the disappearances.
UN experts are urging Nicaragua to account for over 120 people forcibly disappeared since 2018.
The disappearances appear to be ordered at the highest levels of authority.
The UN states that the actual number of missing people could be higher than reported.
The Nicaraguan government has not responded to requests for information.
The UN is calling on authorities to end arbitrary detentions and investigate human rights violations.
- Who
- UN experts and Nicaraguan government
- What
- Urging Nicaragua to clarify the fate of disappeared people.
- When
- Since 2018, with the most recent appeal made on Friday.
- Where
- Nicaragua and Geneva
- Why
- To address enforced disappearances and human rights violations.
- Organization
- UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances
- Missing Persons
- Over 120 since 2018
- Incident
- Violent suppression of anti-government protests
- Government in question
- Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega's government