# New nonprofit law strengthened executive supervision and asset-seizure powers

Date: 2022

Nicaragua adopted a Regulation and Control of Non-Profit Organizations law that Human Rights Watch reported allowed the Interior Ministry to seek cancellation of groups accused under broadly framed grounds and enabled seizure of assets in specified circumstances. OHCHR subsequently cited the expanded governmental control of nonprofit activity while documenting mass cancellations. [Human Rights Watch](https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2023/country-chapters/nicaragua?utm_source=chatgpt.com)

## Drivers

- Ortega–Murillo family autocracy: https://factrail.ai/drivers/ortega-family-autocracy

## Sources

- https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2023/country-chapters/nicaragua
- https://www.ohchr.org/en/statements-and-speeches/2022/09/presentation-report-human-rights-situation-nicaragua

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/nonprofit-control-law-april-2022