A/HRC/60/62 104. The case of the Comisión Permanente de Derechos Humanos (CPDH) and its staff has been included in the reports of the Secretary-General between 2019 and 2023, 102 on allegations of threats, harassment, and intimidation of its staff by police for regularly engaging with OHCHR. On 2022, special procedure mandate holders addressed the dissolution of CPDH and the cancelation of its legal personality (NIC 2/2022). As a result, CPDH was no longer able to receive national and international funding, including from the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture, and its real estate and vehicles were reportedly confiscated (NIC 2/2022). Reportedly, the CPDH and its staff relocated abroad to continue its human rights work and activities. 105. According to information received by OHCHR, between April 2024 and May 2025, CPDH staff that remained in Nicaragua were reported being subjected to constant surveillance and intimidation by police forces and paramilitary groups in Managua, Matagalpa, León, and other regions. Authorities reportedly explicitly prohibited them from posting on social media and threatened them with declaring them “Traitors to the Homeland” (“Traidores a la Patria”), with all the legal and constitutional consequences that follow, including? stripping them of their nationality, expelling them from the country, and confiscating their property, if they continued their activities. As a result, CPDH was forced to shut down its online accounts, and restrict access to prevent sensitive information from being obtained. In April 2025, paramilitary groups and members of the Citizens’ Power Councils (CPC) visited the homes of several CPDH staff and questioned them about their whereabouts and the duration of their stay abroad. 106. The case of Mr. Brooklyn Rivera, Indigenous leader and at the time Deputy of the National Assembly for the YATAMA, was included in the 2024 report of the Secretary-General,103 on allegations that he was not allowed to return to Nicaragua following his participation in the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII). In September 2023, upon his clandestine return to the country, he was arbitrarily arrested and has since been held without charges or contact with his relatives. His daughter, Ms. Tininiska Rivera Castellón, was reportedly harassed and subject to surveillance following her statement at the 23rd Session of the UNPFII, where she demanded proof of life of her father and his release.104 107. On 30 September 2024, OHCHR’s Regional Office for Central America called for Mr. Rivera’s immediate release.105 On 13 November 2024, during the interactive dialogue for the Universal Periodic Review of Nicaragua, the Government of Nicaragua acknowledged that Mr. Rivera’s parliamentary immunity had been lifted to allow an investigation into serious criminal offences, including treason, for which formal charges had already been brought against him. During the reporting period, his daughter was reportedly subjected to attempts to hack her private social media accounts, including one incident shortly before her participation in the Human Rights Council sessions in December 2024. On that occasion, she reportedly received a notification from a social media platform indicating that someone was trying to access her account. Additionally, in February, she reportedly received information that individuals with family ties to members of the Nicaraguan government were inquiring about her in the country where she had sought refuge. Reportedly, at the time of writing, Mr. Rivera’s family has not been informed of his whereabouts. Ms. Rivera has remained outside Nicaragua due to fear of persecution and further reprisals while advocating for her father’s release, including with the United Nations. On 9 December 2024 and on March 2025, OHCHR reiterated its call for Mr. Rivera’s release during the oral updates to the Human Rights Council.106 102 A/HRC/42/30, Annex I, para. 78; A/HRC/45/36, Annex II, paras. 95–96; A/HRC/48/28, Annex II para. 105; A/HRC/51/47, Annex II para. 120; A/HRC/54/61. 103 A/HRC/57/60, paras 78, 81 y 85. 104 https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k13/k13w7qk515 (time stamp 02:37:00). 105 https://www.oacnudh.org/oacnudh-expresa-su-preocupacion-ante-la-creciente-persecucion-de-lospueblos-indigenas-en-nicaragua/. 106 https://www.ohchr.org/en/statements-and-speeches/2024/12/deputy-high-commissioner-updateshuman-rights-situation-nicaragua?sub-site=HRC and http://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1v/k1vbqyzxps in 01:14:07. 64