Piden a ONU investigar desaparición de Fabiola Tercero tras prueba de vida
Las organizaciones internacionales Fundación de Derechos Humanos (HRF) y Reporteros Sin Fronteras (RSF) pidieron al Grupo de Trabajo de la ONU investigar la desaparición forzada de la periodista nicaragüense Fabiola Tercero, luego de que el régimen la exhibiera públicamente como una supuesta prueba de vida
TL;DR
- HRF and RSF have petitioned the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID) regarding the case of Nicaraguan journalist Fabiola Tercero Castro.
- They are demanding an independent, exhaustive, and impartial investigation into her alleged forced disappearance by the Nicaraguan regime.
- The journalist was reportedly forcibly disappeared on July 12, 2024, after police raided her home without a warrant and confiscated her electronic devices.
- For over a year, there was no verifiable information about Tercero's whereabouts, and no official charges or judicial records have been presented.
- HRF and RSF state that a recent public appearance in state media, accompanied by her mother, was conducted under duress and did not constitute verification of her well-being or freedom.
- Tercero is described as a journalist and activist known for promoting human rights, literacy, gender equality, and freedom of expression.
- The case is presented as emblematic of a wider pattern of state repression, surveillance, and forced disappearances targeting journalists and human rights defenders in Nicaragua.
- National organization Periodistas y Comunicadores Independientes de Nicaragua (PCIN) also disputes the sufficiency of the 'proof of life' provided, calling it an insufficient response after 16 months.
- Both international and national organizations warn that forced disappearances remain a practice in Nicaragua without independent investigations and guarantees of real freedom.