This Friday, August 26, the daughter of political prisoner Miguel Mendoza, Alexandrafulfill 431 days without being able to communicate, see or hug his father. The dictatorship of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo continues to deny the journalist any type of contact with the minor.
«Hello Daddy! I have recorded videos, I have made drawings in the hope that someone can show them to you. My heart aches because I haven’t hugged you for over a year», it is read in a letter that the minor wrote to her imprisoned father.
Mendoza is one of the political prisoners denied the right to see and communicate with his daughter by the Ortega-Murillo regime.
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The relatives of the prisoner of conscience have requested in different ways that the slightest communication between Miguel and his daughter be authorized, however, the Ortega administration has denied this demand.
During these 14 months, the authorities of the Judicial Assistance Directorate (DAJ) prevent the girl’s letters and drawings from being delivered to her father, despite the fact that her lawyer has filed 11 appeals before the Managua Court of Appeals and none has been answered. The forced separation between Miguel Mendoza and his daughter Alejandra has caused damage to the girl’s physical and emotional health, according to her mother.
«Communication between father and daughter is a right and Alejandra has been denied it without cause and without legal justification for 14 months. Through the lawyer (Miguel’s technical defense) several requests have been made for the girl to see her father, but they do not give an answer and when I have asked verbally, they express that it is not “authorized” “, denounced Margin Pozo, wife by Miguel Mendoza.
The political prisoner this Friday, serving 431 days in jail in torturous and inhumane conditions. The journalist was arbitrarily detained at his home on June 21, 2021.
The Nicaraguan dictatorship decided to imprison Mendoza for allegedly violating Law 1055, the Sovereignty Law, and Law 1042, the Cybercrime Law. He accuses him of allegedly “conspiring to undermine national integrity” and “spreading false news.” He was sentenced to nine years in prison. In addition, he was disqualified from holding public office.
Political prisoners Miguel Mora, Tamara Dávila, Suyen Barahona, Félix Maradiaga, Juan Sebastián Chamorro and Róger Reyes also experience this same situation of forced separation from their sons and daughters. All of them have been denied the right to communicate by any means with their offspring.
