Nicaragua: New law heralds damaging crackdown on civil society, UN warns

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Nicaragua: New law heralds damaging crackdown on civil society, UN warns Under the guise of preventing money-laundering and cutting off terrorist financing, a new law in Nicaragua further restricts the functioning of civil society, “contrary to the country’s human rights obligations”, the spokesperson for the UN human rights office (OHCHR) said on Monday.