Asociación Mundial de Radios Comunitarias América Latina y el Caribe (AMARC ALC)

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Nicaragua: 8-year sentence against journalist Víctor Ticay adds to list of human rights violations

Freedom of expression organisations demand the immediate release of the Ticay and the suspension of the recent constitutional reforms linked to the crime of “treason”, which can be used against critics or opponents of the regime.

Students and journalists protest in memory of murdered journalist Ángel Eduardo Gahona in front of the Universidad Centroamericana (UCA) in Managua, Nicaragua, 26 April 2018, INTI OCON/AFP/Getty Images

IFEX-ALC, AMARC-ALC, and IAPA to present recommendations for addressing Nicaragua’s deteriorating free expression climate ahead of UN review

IFEX-ALC is sending a joint delegation alongside the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC-ALC) and the Inter-American Press Association (IAPA) to the UN Office in Geneva in the run-up to Nicaragua’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) on 15 May.