“Nicaragua’s interior ministry said Saturday it would release dozens of prisoners after the United States stepped up pressure on the country’s leader, Daniel Ortega.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: The Associated Press
Details: On Saturday, the Nicaraguan Interior Ministry said that “dozens of people who were in the National Penitentiary System are returning to their homes and families.”
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Earlier in the day, the U.S. Embassy in Nicaragua said Venezuela had taken an important step toward peace by freeing what it called “political prisoners,” adding that “more than 60 people remain unjustly detained or missing in Nicaragua, including pastors, religious leaders, the sick, and the elderly.”
AR notes that it is not known who exactly was released and under what conditions in Nicaragua.
Danny Ramirez-Aierdis, executive secretary of the Nicaraguan human rights group CADILH, said he had mixed feelings about the firings, which were announced Saturday.
Direct speech human rights defender: “On the one hand, I’m glad. All political prisoners undergo some form of torture. But on the other hand, I know that these people, as well as their families, will continue to be harassed, monitored and controlled by the police.”
Details: Ramírez-Aierdis said that the release of the prisoners is a response to the pressure exerted by the United States.
“Undoubtedly, there is a great fear in the regime that the US can completely destroy it,” he added.
Prehistory:
- The Nicaraguan government has carried out a sustained crackdown since mass social protests in 2018, which were brutally suppressed.
- The country’s authorities jailed opponents, religious leaders, journalists and others, then expelled them from the country, stripping hundreds of people of Nicaraguan citizenship and property.
- Since 2018, the authorities have closed more than 5,000 organizations, mostly religious, and forced thousands of people to leave the country. The Nicaraguan government has often accused critics and opponents of anti-government plots.
- In recent years, the government has released hundreds of imprisoned political opponents, critics and activists. He stripped them of their Nicaraguan citizenship and sent them to other countries such as the United States and Guatemala.