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CONTEXT @IACHumanRights warns of new wave of repression in #Nicaragua
"... the IACHR notes with concern the aggressions and acts of harassment committed against members of the #CatholicChurch in Nicaragua."
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CONTEXT @IACHumanRights press release: "On 3 September, the bishop of the Diocese of Matagalpa, Rolando Álvarez, was insulted and harassed by pro-government groups at a police checkpoint in the presence of State agents."
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CONTEXT @IACHumanRights press release: "On 9 September, pro-government elements broke into the church of La Merced in Granada, insulting and threatening the priest who officiated at the Mass."
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CONTEXT @IACHumanRights press release: "On the same date, the priest Edwin Román Calderón, beneficiary of precautionary measures No. 660-18, was assaulted and harassed by government sympathizers in the vicinity of the church of San Miguel, in Masaya."
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CONTEXT @IACHumanRights press release: "The IACHR points out that, since the beginning of the protests in the country, members of the Catholic Church have suffered a campaign of stigmatization..."
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CONTEXT @IACHumanRights press release: "....for their efforts to protect the integrity of the demonstrators and for their role in the National Dialogue."
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CONTEXT @IACHumanRights press release: "The IACHR calls on the State of Nicaragua to guarantee and protect the integrity not only of Catholic authorities and parishioners, but of all people."
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