Federación Red Nicaragüense para la Democracia y Desarrollo, known as “Red Local”
Cases- Location of case in SG report
- 2019-084-001
- Relevant SG report
- Year of the report
- 2019
- From Country
- Country Geolocation
Latitude: 12.865416
Longitude: -85.207229
- Country Geolocation (linked Cases)
- Nicaragua
- From Region
- UN body that raised the case prior to the SG report
- UN Special Procedures: Thematic
- UN (Dep.) High Commissioner on Human Rights
- Dates of prior UN action
- 8 February 2019; 12 March 2019
- Type of record
- Named organization
- Was the victim a foreign national?
- No
- Was the victim a minor?
- No
- Individual's/organization's activity
coalition of 22 civil society organizations working across the country
- Type of rights defended
- Unclear in SG Report
- Was the victim a civil servant or member of the security forces or of the judiciary?
- No
- Reported trigger of reprisal
The assault took place only six days after a group of Nicaraguan civil society representatives, including members of Red Local, met the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva and shared their concerns about the increasing restrictions on civic space and expression of dissent in Nicaragua.
- Engagement with UN body
- UN (Dep.) High Commissioner on Human Rights
- Dates of engagement
- 1 February 2019
- Type of attempted engagement
- Participation in meeting on UN premises
- Dates of mentioned reprisals
- 7 February 2019
- Reprisal information
agents from the Ministry of Interior conducted a raid, allegedly without a warrant, on the offices of the Federación Red Nicaragüense para la Democracia y Desarrollo, known as “Red Local,” a coalition of 22 civil society organizations working across the country. During the raid, documents and assets were seized, and two of Red Local’s staff were detained for a few hours and subsequently released.
- Types of reprisals suffered
- Property damage/raid/search/confiscation
- Detention/Imprisonment: Release within a day
- Alleged/likely perpetrators
- State actors
- Was the reprisal based on new legislation?
- No
- Does the report make general comment about country’s environment for engagement with UN?
- No
- Is the country cited for a "pattern of reprisal" in the context of this case?
- No
- Is a pattern of reprisals mentioned otherwise in the context of this case?
- No
- Does the report cite "self-censorship" as an issue in the context of this case?
- No
- How many times has the case been followed up in subsequent SG reports?
- 0