The three priests, the deacon and the two seminarians of the Diocese of Matagalpa who were imprisoned by the regime in the “El Nuevo Chipote” prison They were taken to a secret hearing, where they were sentenced to 90 days in prison without being charged with any crime.
The lawyer and former employee of the Judicial Branch Yader Morazán revealed that the process against the priests was carried out on August 22, in a “clandestine” manner in the only room that directly connects to the cells of the Judicial Complex in Managua and validated by a selective group of alleged public defenders.
At the scene, Judge Gloria María Saavedra sentenced them to three months in prison for being under alleged investigation.
The Nicaraguan Institute of Telecommunications and Post Office (Telcor) canceled this Wednesday the transmission license of another Catholic radio station, bringing the total to nine so far this month.
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The closed station is Radio Stereo Fe, owned by the Diocese of Estelí, whose apostolic administrator is Monsignor Rolando Álvarez, who is under house arrest.
The radio reported that “they had a visit from the gentlemen of Telcor, Managua, who gave them the notification informing them that the radio had to be turned off immediately.” The regime justified the closure by stating that the founder of the medium had died.
The regime’s measure occurs after the priests of the Diocese of Estelí denounced the persecution against the Church in Nicaragua, accused the regime of being responsible for the sociopolitical crisis, and demanded that Daniel Ortega “let them work in peace.”
The Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) would have removed the Nicaraguan Christian Way party (CCN), led by Reverend Guillermo Osorno, from the electoral contest.
In the distribution of polling places for the next municipal elections, the Electoral Power omitted the Osorno box. A source linked to the party stated that the political group does not know the reasons why it does not appear on the eventual ballot. Even the members of Camino Cristiano even participated in the meetings of the Council for the call to the elections.
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Osorno was the only former presidential candidate who denounced anomalies in the illegitimate November 2021 elections. Shortly after, the regime closed his Christian media outlets to him.
The board of directors of The Press newspaper reminded the regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo that, for more than 96 years, the media outlet has been consistent with its values ”which implies taking very serious risks such as abuse, lies, authoritarianism and corruption” that they have very powerful and cruel representatives.
La Prensa recalled that it has faced three dictatorships, being that of Ortega and Murillo the one that has shown the most viciousness. And given the illegal occupation of its facilities, which the Ortegas have tried to justify with the inauguration of a supposed INATEC center in the place, under the name of the poet José Coronel Urtecho and the emblem “The past will not return,” La Prensa indicated that the The same regime “has hit the stone in the teeth” because they do not coincide with the thinking of the intellectual and “they will not be able to against the values that sustain their work.”
The National Assembly, controlled by Daniel Ortega’s party, canceled this Wednesday the legal personality of 100 non-profit organizations, in the middle of a raid against NGOs. Among those outlawed are the associations of Coffee Growers of Managua, Radio Communications Companies, the Experienced Radio Club of Nicaragua and the Association of the Blind of Nicaragua “Without Borders”.
In turn, the Ministry of the Interior conferred the power to close another hundred Non-Governmental Organizations without the need to consult the Assembly, thanks to the endorsement given by the regime to cancel entities in an expeditious manner. With this new batch of dispossession, the regime increases to more than 1,600 NGOs illegalized in the country so far this year.
