The World - News from Aug. 16, 1987

Nicaraguan police using clubs, electric prods and dogs broke up two Managua demonstrations staged to test the Sandinista commitment to a new regional peace plan, opposition leaders said. At least 10 demonstrators were arrested, witnesses said. In one confrontation, police reportedly broke up a gathering of about 1,000 people outside the Nicaraguan Democratic Coordinator, an alliance of opposition parties, labor unions and business groups, and arrested Lino Hernandez Trigueros, head of the Permanent Human Rights Commission. Elsewhere, police halted 500 relatives of prisoners accused of anti-government activities. Under the Latin peace accord, Nicaragua agreed to lift the state of emergency that bans demonstrations.