Dear Nicaragua Supporter,
Please sign the letter from Nicaragua Solidarity Coalition to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), protesting a recent UN report by the mis-named Group of Human Rights Experts on Nicaragua (GHREN). Collection of signatures is continuing until the deadline this Wednesday, April 17, in an effort to show massive resistance to the UN report. Will you help? Read the letter and sign here:
(English) bit.ly/NicaUN2024
(Español) bit.ly/NicaONU2024
An earlier letter to the UNHRC was sent on March 31 by the human rights experts listed below, as well as other original signers. Our letter is continuing that effort, adding many names.
- Alfred de Zayas, Professor of International Law at the Geneva School of Diplomacy and a former UN Independent Expert on International Order (2012-2018)
- Margaret Flowers, M.D., Co-Coordinator of the International Coalition to Stop Genocide in Palestine; Director of Popular Resistance
- Luis Suarez-Villa, Professor of Social Ecology, of Planning Policy and Design, and of Technology Studies at the University of California, Irvine, USA
- Curtis FJ Doebbler, Research Professor of Law at the University of Makeni and proprietor of The Law Office of Dr Curtis FJ Doebbler
- Ann Wright, Former US Army Colonel and Diplomat, peace activist with CODEPINK
- S. Brian Willson, Nicaragua, lawyer, human rights activist and Veteran for Peace
- Dan Kovalik, human rights lawyer and author, Council on Hemispheric Affairs (COHA), Pittsburgh, PA, United States
- Sara Flounders, Co-director, International Action Center, editor of 'Sanctions: A wrecking ball in the global economy’
- Camilo Mejia, Nicaraguan, former Amnesty International Prisoner of Conscience
- Ajamu Baraka, Chair of the Coordinating Committee of the Black Alliance for Peace
An excerpt from our letter follows:
This is the second report by the GHREN. The first, published in March 2023, was condemned in a letter signed by many prominent human rights experts and by 119 organizations and 573 individuals.[2] This letter was totally ignored.
The Nicaragua Solidarity Coalition submitted detailed evidence to the GHREN on the errors and omissions in their first report. These submissions received no response, nor are they acknowledged in the new report. Clearly, the GHREN takes into account only evidence that is supplied by opponents of Nicaragua’s government. This renders absurd the study group’s claim to exercise “independence, impartiality, objectivity, transparency, integrity.”
It is time for us to speak out against untruths like those in the GHREN report! Thank you for your support of this effort. We will keep you informed of our future follow-up.
Nicaragua Solidarity Coalition