Nicaragua Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/nicaragua/ An international non-profit organization of scientists, physicians, engineers and scholars dedicated to protecting the human rights and scientific freedom of our colleagues around the world. Wed, 17 Apr 2019 18:42:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://i0.wp.com/concernedscientists.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/cropped-64x64%40512px.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Nicaragua Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/nicaragua/ 32 32 59910430 History Professor and President of Teacher’s Union Arrested for Questionable Charges https://concernedscientists.org/2019/04/history-professor-and-president-of-teachers-union-arrested-for-questionable-charges/ Wed, 17 Apr 2019 18:42:58 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7398 Ricardo Baltodano Marcenaro, a history professor and president of the teacher’s union at Universidad Politecnica de Nicaragua, was arrested in September 2018 and charged with setting a fire, a charge for which there is little evidence. He seems to have been arrested for his participation in a protest march. He has been ordered to be […]

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]]> 7398 Medical Student In Nicaragua Reportedly Beaten While Detained https://concernedscientists.org/2018/11/medical-student-in-nicaragua-reportedly-beaten-while-detained/ Wed, 28 Nov 2018 01:05:40 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7243 Amaya Eva Coppens, a medical student at the National Autonomous University of Nicaragua in Leon, was arrested following a protest demonstration on September 10th. On October 26, it was reported that she and 18 other women confined at La Speranza prison were attacked and beaten by over 20 unidentified, hooded men. None of the women […]

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]]> 7243 Medical Student Arrested After Protest in Nicaragua https://concernedscientists.org/2018/10/medical-student-arrested-after-protest-in-nicaragua/ Mon, 29 Oct 2018 22:53:23 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7208 Amaya Eva Coppens, a medical student at the National Autonomous University of Nicaragua in Leon was arrested after a peaceful protest on September 10, 2018. She is currently being held in preventative detention in La Esperanza prison. CCS has written the President of Nicaragua requesting a review of this case and if grounds for arrest […]

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