OHCHR / NICARAGUA DEATH IN CUSTODY - ENGLISH

UN human rights spokesperson Marta Hurtado said, “we deplore the death in State custody of Indigenous leader and activist Brooklyn Rivera,” and called on Nicaraguan authorities to “conduct a prompt, impartial and effective investigation into his death, following protracted arbitrary detention and enforced disappearance.” OHCHR / UNTV CH

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STORY: OHCHR / NICARAGUA DEATH IN CUSTODY – ENGLISH
TRT: 02:15
SOURCE: OHCHR / UNTV CH
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 02 JUNE 2026, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND

Shotlist

1. Wide shot, exterior, Palais des Nations
2. Wide shto, briefing room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Marta Hurtado, Spokesperson for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR):
“We deplore the death in State custody of Indigenous leader and activist Brooklyn Rivera. We call on Nicaraguan authorities to conduct a prompt, impartial and effective investigation into his death, following protracted arbitrary detention and enforced disappearance.”
4. Wide shot, briefing room
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Marta Hurtado, Spokesperson for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR):
“Relatives were informed on 30 May that Rivera, a prominent Miskitu leader and president of the dissolved Yatama party, had died after more than 32 months in State custody.”
6. Wide shot, briefing room
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Marta Hurtado, Spokesperson for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR):
“Rivera participated in the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York in May 2023, after which the Nicaraguan authorities prevented him from returning to Nicaragua.”
8. Wide shot, briefing room
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Marta Hurtado, Spokesperson for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR):
“Upon his clandestine return to Nicaragua, he was arbitrarily detained in September 2023. Despite requests, authorities refused to acknowledge his fate and whereabouts until his death, which amounts to enforced disappearance.”
10. Wide shot, briefing room
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Marta Hurtado, Spokesperson for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR):
“The High Commissioner urges the Nicaraguan authorities to release all those arbitrarily detained and to ensure that detention facilities fully comply with international human rights standards.”
12. Wide shot, briefing room

Storyline

At the bi-weekly press briefing in Geneva today (2 Jun), UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Office spokesperson Marta Hurtado deplores the death in State custody of Brooklyn Rivera In Nicaragua.

“We deplore the death in State custody of Indigenous leader and activist Brooklyn Rivera. We call on Nicaraguan authorities to conduct a prompt, impartial and effective investigation into his death, following protracted arbitrary detention and enforced disappearance,” she said.

“Relatives were informed on 30 May that Rivera, a prominent Miskitu leader and president of the dissolved Yatama party, had died after more than 32 months in State custody," she stated.

“Rivera participated in the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York in May 2023, after which the Nicaraguan authorities prevented him from returning to Nicaragua.”

“Upon his clandestine return to Nicaragua, he was arbitrarily detained in September 2023. Despite requests, authorities refused to acknowledge his fate and whereabouts until his death, which amounts to enforced disappearance,” the spokesperson said.

“The High Commissioner urges the Nicaraguan authorities to release all those arbitrarily detained and to ensure that detention facilities fully comply with international human rights standards,” Hurtado said.

• Production Date: 2 June 2026
• Creator: OHCHR / UNTV CH
• Alternate Title: unifeed260602d
• Subject Topical: HUMAN RIGHTS
• Geographic Subject: NICARAGUA
• Corporate Name: OFFICE OF THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS - OHCHR
• MAMS Id: 3580943
• Parent Id: 3580943