In December 2018 the government closed down several NGOs that were keeping track of police violence and human rights abuses, including the Nicaraguan Center for Human Rights (Cenidh) and the Institute for the Development of Democracy (Ipade).
Disemba 2018 serikali iilizifungia baadhi ya NGO ambazo zilikuwa zikifuatilia kwa karibu vurugu za polisi na uvunjaji wa Haki za Binadamu ikiwepo kituo cha Haki za Binadamu cha Nicaragua (Cenidh) na Taasisi ya Maendeleo ya Demokrasia (Ipade).