The group’s presented its report in Geneva, Switzerland. The report also condemned Ortega’s government for stripping 222 opponents of their nationality, after they were loaded aboard a plane and flown to the United States last month.
2 PALESTINIANS KILLED IN SEPARATE VIOLENT CONFRONTATIONS WITH ISRAELIS IN THE WEST BANK
A man holds a portrait of President Daniel Ortega during a pro-government march in Managua, Nicaragua, on Feb. 11, 2023. Ortega executed 40 people, according to a United Nations human rights group. (AP Photo)
Ortega's government engaged in "extrajudicial executions, arbitrary detentions, torture, and other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment," according to the report. The Nicaraguan government has refused to recognize the group.
The report found that "between 70 and 80% of the deaths (of demonstrators) were caused by firearms, and the majority (of the wounds) were in vital areas" of protesters' bodies.
The report said those implicated in the killings include Ortega's Frente Sandinista party, its youth group, government employees, former members of the military and even street gang members recruited by people linked to high-ranking officials.
Police and doctors demanded that relatives sign documents renouncing their rights to an autopsy of the victims' bodies or to file criminal complaints in the deaths.