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December 18, 2018

Nicaraguan Government Raids Journalists' Office, Human Rights Group
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In Nicaragua, press freedom groups have condemned the government of
President Daniel Ortega after police raided the office of a journalist
and government critic last Thursday, breaking open locks before seizing
equipment. The raid came as Nicaraguan police also seized the
headquarters of a prominent human rights group, and after lawmakers
outlawed nine NGOs critical of Ortega's government. This is Carlos
Fernando Chamorro, a prominent TV news host and editor of the digital
newspaper Confidencial.

Carlos Fernando Chamorro: "The objective is to silence us. The idea is,
they want to snuff out ideas. They want to shut up and shut down a media
outlet. But they won't succeed. We are going to continue to inform the
public. We're going to continue denouncing and investigating the abuses
of the Daniel Ortega dictatorship."



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