Nicaragua said on Monday it released 50 political prisoners under a new law that frees people arrested amid a year of anti-government protests while also protecting police and others who violently clamped down on the demonstrations.

Nicaragua releases political prisoners under contentious new amnesty law

Nicaragua resorted to a "shoot to kill" strategy to repress recent anti-government protests, human rights group Amnesty International said in a report released in Paris Thursday.

Nicaragua fights protests with 'shoot to kill' policy: Amnesty

Anti-government protests were organised in Nicaragua by pensioners in Central America in which at least 10 people have died in a clash between demonstrators and security forces

Nicaragua: at least 10 dead: authorities call for peace

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Nicaragua releases political prisoners under contentious new amnesty law

Nicaragua fights protests with 'shoot to kill' policy: Amnesty

Nicaragua: at least 10 dead: authorities call for peace