A/HRC/60/62 contributed the necessary number of years. During the reporting period, Ms. Quiróz was also allegedly informed that her two properties in Managua had been confiscated and transferred to third parties. Reportedly, between 2024 and 2025, Ms. Ana Quiróz was the target of an online defamation and harassment campaign, accusing her of receiving millions of dollars from the United States with the aim of overthrowing the government. 98. According to information received by OHCHR, Ms. Francisca Ramirez Torrez, who was among the 94 individuals stripped of their nationality by the Court of Appeals of Managua in 2023, had five of her properties confiscated by the authorities .between March and May 2025. This brings the total number of her confiscated properties to six. 99. According to information received by OHCHR, during 2024, Mr. Braulio Abarca, who now resides in Costa Rica, was allegedly followed on several occasions by unknown individuals riding an unmarked motorcycle, from his workplace to his residence. In May 2024, patrol vehicles from the Nicaraguan police reportedly conducted visible surveillance operations of his relatives’ residence. 100. The case of Mr. Félix Alejandro Maradiaga was included in the 2019, 2022 and 2023 reports of the Secretary-General96 for an arrest warrant in 2018,97 conviction in March 2022 and sentencing to 13 years in prison in connection to his briefing to the UN Security Council in September 2018.98 Mr. Maradiaga, a political scientist, was the executive director of the Institute for Strategic Studies and Public Policy (IEEPP) and a pre-candidate for the 2021 presidential elections.99In 2022, the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention found his detention to be arbitrary 100 Reportedly, in February 2023, Mr. Maradiaga was arbitrarily deported from Nicaragua to the United States, arbitrarily deprived of his nationality and his records were reportedly erased from the Civil Registry.101 101. According to information received by OHCHR, in 2024, at least 15 of Mr. Maradiaga’s family members were reportedly subjected to harassment by the Nicaraguan police, including short-term arbitrary detention without formal charges, surveillance of their residences, being followed by unmarked vehicles, and repeatedly receiving threatening phone calls. This sustained pressure reportedly created a climate of fear, prompting some relatives to cut off communication with Mr. Maradiaga. Reportedly, between 2022 and 2024, the Nicaraguan government arbitrarily cancelled or refused to renew the passports of at least 11 of his close relatives and several were barred from re-entering the country upon attempting to return from travel abroad, including his mother. 102. In 2024, at least three of Mr. Maradiaga’s former co-workers were reportedly summoned for interrogations by the Ministry of the Interior and questioned regarding their communications with him. Four additional former administrative staff were reportedly visited by police and ordered to report regularly, as well as questioned about their former roles in IEEPP, relationship with Mr. Maradiaga and any ongoing contact with him. 103. According to information received by OHCHR, on 24 September 2024, officials from the Attorney General’s Office, accompanied by police, arrived without prior notice or judicial order and seized Mr. Maradiaga’s family property in Jinotega. Additionally, a systematic defamation campaign intensified in 2024. State-aligned media and social media accounts circulated content labeling Mr. Maradiaga as a “traitor,” “terrorist,” and “foreign agent.” In May 2024, the director of pro-government Radio La Primerísima dedicated several broadcasts to defaming Mr. Maradiaga, with official media amplifying these accusations across platforms. 96 A/HRC/42/30, Annex I para. 82; A/HRC/51/47, Annex II para. 118; A/HRC/54/61, Annex II para.114. 97 NIC 5/2021. 98 S/PV.8340, pages 4–5. 99 A/HRC/49/23, para. 8. 100 A/HRC/WGAD/2022/73 para 109. 101 Theorder of “immediate deportation” was based on the Constitution, the Penal Code and the Law of Defense of the Rights of the People to Independence, Sovereignty and Self-Determination for Peace. See also A/HRC/54/60 para 28-32. 63