MANAGUA (Reuters) - A Nicaraguan judge sentenced four Catholic priests to 10-year prison terms on Monday, after they were charged with "treason" and "spreading false news," amid what rights groups call a growing clampdown on critics of President Daniel Ortega.
Two Catholic seminarians studying for the priesthood were also sentenced to a decade behind bars on the same charges.
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