Lawyer Yader Morazán, a specialist in the administration of justice and former official of the Nicaraguan Judiciary, suggested to relatives of the 27 political prisoners held in “El Nuevo Chipote” and recently exhibited in the Managua Courts that they demand a psychological review for the opponents.
“Now that there is visual proof of the effects of #tortureI suggest to the relatives that they put the hot potato in the hand of the Judiciary, asking that they be immediately referred to a psychologist and forensic doctor.
The jurist advised the relatives to attach “photos that contrast the before and after” of the physical condition of the opponents. He added that “with or without the expected result, it will still be a victory, because if it is attended to, it will become evident and involve those who falsify the fact or omit the responsibility that they must attend to in the face of a crime of #It hurts humanity that begins to document from a photograph and testimonies».
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In a consultation, which, according to Morazán, he made to a forensic psychologist from the Institute of Legal Medicine, he pointed out that “I know several of the political hostages presented, and it strikes me that they all behaved the same, lost and dull.”
“I was horrified by his scientific assessment!” Said the former official of the Judiciary, currently exiled in the United States, with the aim of preserving his life.
In the photographs released by means of government propaganda, notable weight loss and emaciated faces were evident in all the opponents.
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The “informative hearings”, as the Ortega dictatorship called them, were held on August 30, 31 and September 1, days after the tenth visit granted to the Judicial Assistance Directorate in Managua, and where their relatives denounced the precarious health condition and diseases suffered by prisoners of conscience.
To date, the Nicaraguan government is holding more than 200 political prisoners behind bars. More than 40 were kidnapped between May and November 2021, prior to the presidential elections. Most are accused of common crimes or for alleged “treason against the fatherland.”
