Nicaragua group says 17 govt foes from countryside killed

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AP Managua (Nicaragua)
Last Updated : Sep 14 2019 | 6:10 AM IST

A Nicaragua human rights organisation said Friday it had documented the killings of 17 government opponents from the rural north this year.

Vilma Nuez, president of the Nicaraguan Human Rights Center, said at a news conference that witnesses had described killings by police and "paramilitaries" in what she described as a "new repressive phase."

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First Published: Sep 14 2019 | 6:10 AM IST

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