Through a spoken portrait of the political prisoner Jose Antonio Peraza, his family denounced that he has lost 60 pounds, in addition to the notorious malnutrition and skin diseases, after more than a year imprisoned in the cells of the Directorate of Judicial Assistance (DAJ), known as “El Nuevo Chipote”, in Managua.
Depending on the platform Be Human Nicaraguathe political scientist presents a profound deterioration in his physical and health condition, «suffering cruel and degrading treatment, without adequate food, without medical attention and subjected to constant interrogations.
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Karol Peraza, sister of the member of the Blue and White National Unity (Unab) told the media outlet 100% Noticias that she feared for the life of the opponent, who before being captured by the Ortega regime, “was a man who weighed about 210 pounds, strong and athletic who practiced boxing as a sport and did not suffer from any disease.
“We estimate that he has lost about 60 pounds of weight, he also has skin problems and suffers from severe malnutrition. We are concerned about his excessive thinness and weakness, he is old, we fear that he will suffer irreversible damage to his health », he stressed.
He also demanded that the Nicaraguan authorities immediately cease isolation and torture and improve the conditions in which the more than 190 political prisoners are held, “as established by international norms and conventions.”
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Be human pointed out that the prisoner of conscience has an 18-year-old son and a 14-year-old daughter. His family says they miss him and long to see him soon, “to be together and talk with him about various topics, and they demand that he be released without conditions because, like the rest of the political prisoners are innocent and do not deserve to be tortured».
Detained since July 2021
The specialist in political and electoral issues was violently detained on the night of July 26, 2021 when he was in his home on the outskirts of Managua. The arrest occurred after he offered statements in the morning of the same day in the magazine Acción 10 in the morning, on Channel 10 television in Nicaragua, where he spoke about the presidential elections in the country.
In prison, he was subjected to extensive interrogations, poor nutrition, few hours of sunlight a week, and no access to medicine to treat the illnesses he developed during his captivity.
On February 17 of this year, the critic of the Nicaraguan regime was sentenced to 10 years in prison for the crime of conspiracy to undermine national integrity, to the detriment of the Nicaraguan State and society. He was also disqualified from holding public office.
José Peraza was director of the civic organization Movement for Nicaragua and was detained in October 2018, when together with a group of opponents he tried to protest in Managua against the Ortega dictatorship in the context of the socio-political crisis that the country has been experiencing for 46 months; He is now part of the list of more than 190 Nicaraguan prisoners of the Ortega and Murillo regime. .
