Feb 23, 2016 IACHR Press Release: Miskitu nation in Nicaragua under attack: killings, rape, destruction.

The Feb 23, 2016 Press Release from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) makes the situation clear: http://www.oas.org/en/iachr/media_center/PReleases/2016/018.asp

According to information received by the IACHR, for a period of four months, six indigenous persons have been killed, dozens have been injured, ten have been kidnapped, three women have been sexually abused, homes and crops have been burned, and communities have been subjected to acts of intimidation, harassment and threats.