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image captionDaniel Ortega and his wife, Vice-President Rosario Murillo, say their government is the target of a smear campaign
Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega has dismissed allegations by jailed critics of his government that they have been tortured in captivity as lies .
Mr Ortega said that prisoners were making up allegations in order to tarnish Nicaragua s image.
His remarks come days after the Organization of American States (OAS) regional body denounced persistent human rights violations in Nicaragua .
A group of jailed government opponents is currently on hunger strike.
What did Mr Ortega say? It s always the same thing, Mr Ortega said at an event celebrating the country s interior ministry. There are prisoners who make up that they re being tortured.
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Mexico s then undersecretary of Human Rights, Alejandro Encinas Rodriguez, speaks during a news conference at the National Palace in Mexico City, Mexico August 30, 2019. Reuters pic
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MEXICO CITY, Dec 10 Mexico has reopened the case of a 73-year-old indigenous woman who died after allegedly being raped by members of the military 13 years ago during the so-called war on drugs, the government said yesterday.
The decision to review the case comes a week after Mexico s representative for the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) said in a hearing that the victim, Ernestina Ascencio, died from health problems, sparking backlash from some government officials.
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persons who may gather in churches or synagogues, which are not designated as ‘essential
businesses’, for the purpose of combatting the increasing spread of COVID-19. The limits applied
to different areas of New York City that were designated by colors: red for the worst-hit areas,
orange for seriously hit areas, and yellow for areas that were starting to limit the spread of
COVID-19. The number of persons who were allowed to be present at the same time at a gathering
in a house of worship was limited to the lesser of 10 people or 25% of maximum capacity in a red
zone; 25 people or 33% of maximum capacity in an orange zone; and 50% of maximum capacity