9.4.Voorts blijkt uit openbare bronnen – voor zover thans van belang - het volgende:
Individuals Opposing and those perceived as Opposing the National Government.
Within the current context of political polarization and repression, a wide range of activities can lead to the imputation of a political opinion of opposition to the national government. The actual or imputed political opinions may pertain to events that occurred in 2018 as well as more recent events.
Groups of people subject to an intensifying campaign of politically motivated harassment and violence by the authorities, paramilitary and government supporters, as described above under Chapter II, are reported to include:
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g. Other persons perceived or suspected of opposing the national government, including people who aided and supported the demonstrators, such as health personal and firemen rendering assistance to people injured by security forces, and people providing shelter, food and transportation to the demonstrators, including leaders of the Catholic Church;
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m. Family members, including children and relatives of all profiles.
45. From 2022 to the date of writing of this report, an increasingly large group of people were victimized for expressing critical positions, including in social networks, or for being active in organizations and social movements, including people of faith and members of the Catholic Church, and relatives of political opponents or of victims of human rights violations and abuses. The cancellation of the legal status of hundreds of civil society organizations was part of this dynamic.
14. he Group further examined the violations and abuses targeting specific groups: university students and faculty members (…)
18. The authorities have also extended the persecution to Nicaraguans abroad, banning them from entering the country, depriving them of their nationality and legal identity. Denying them access to official documentation and consular support, preventing family reunification, especially with children (..)
d. Violations of the human rights of relatives
43. The Group has documented the targeting of individuals for the sole reason of their family ties with primary targets of the authorities. (…)
44. Children have been discriminated against, otherwise targeted or deliberately affected in their rights, because of the status, activities or opinions expressed by their parents or other family members, in contravention of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
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D. Profiles of victims targeted since April 2018
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University students, faculty members and other university staff.
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VII Conclusions and recommendations
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109. Family members of victims of human rights violations have themselves been victimized solely on the basis of being related to real or perceived government opponents. Such violations by association are especially serious when they affect children.
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111 (…) There are no longer any autonomous institutions in the university sector of Nicaragua. The authorities have suppressed any organized movements and critical voices from university students and faculty members. (…)