The measure is part of an offensive against groups considered hostile to President Daniel Ortega.
The Nicaraguan government has outlawed 1,500 non-governmental organizations as part of a long-running crackdown on civil society groups deemed hostile by President Daniel Ortega.
The measure, published in the government's official gazette on Monday, also involves the confiscation of property belonging to predominantly religious groups by the state.
NGOs closed so far include the Nicaraguan Red Cross and several Catholic charities, many of which have been hit by accusations that were dismissed as false.
Other targets include Rotary and chess clubs, sports associations and groups of small business owners, rural residents and retirees, as well as radio stations and Catholic universities.
“They have not fulfilled their obligations,” according to the Interior Ministry's resolution published in the official journal, which states that the groups have not disclosed a series of financial information, including donations.
Ortega's repression of civil society, as well as the Catholic Church, has intensified since anti-government protests erupted in 2018.
In total, authorities have closed more than 5,000 civil society groups, private universities and media outlets.
Last week, the government also approved a regulation requiring NGOs to work exclusively in “partnership alliances” with state entities.
Last year, the government expelled more than 300 politicians, journalists, intellectuals and activists, accusing them of treason.
Ortega first became Nicaragua's leader as head of a military government in 1979, after fighting as a guerrilla in the Sandinista movement that overthrew the U.S.-backed Somoza family dictatorship.
He was later elected president of the country in 1985.
Defeated in the 1990 elections, he returned to power in 2007 and has since removed presidential term limits and taken control of all branches of government.
Although his regime is under US and EU sanctions, human rights suppression continues within the country.
Last month, a group of United Nations experts denounced “systematic and widespread abuses of international human rights law” in the Central American country.
In a statement last week, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights also called for an end to rights abuses in Nicaragua.
The group said the repression of rights “characterized by religious persecution, continued arbitrary detentions and the dire conditions in which people are held in prison” must cease.
