The Uruguayan novelist and journalist Fernando Butazzoni sent a message of solidarity with the current political prisoner and former Sandinista guerrilla Dora María Téllez, who has been held in the Judicial Assistance Directorate in Managua, known as “El Nuevo Chipote”, since June 2021. .
«It would be desirable that the most relevant figures of the Latin American left, those men and women of great influence who shared dreams and methods with Dora María Téllez, now express their solidarity. Today she is in prison, accused of “treason against the country”, sentenced to eight years in prison, isolated in a punishment cell. She has started a hunger strike, and people very close to her consider that, if she decided to take that measure, it will take her to the last consequences of it, “said the writer.
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Butazonni reiterates that “there have been multiple signs of support and support to ask for his freedom, both in Central America and in Europe and in the United States. It would be desirable that the most relevant figures of the Latin American left, those men and women of great influence who even shared dreams and methods with Dora María Téllez, now express their solidarity. It would be a contribution of great importance to save her life».
Téllez, 66, is currently on a hunger strike demanding that his human rights be respected inside “El Nuevo Chipote” where he is under solitary confinement, by order of the Ortega-Murillo regime. He also requests that they allow him to sign a power of attorney so that his relatives can withdraw their retirement pension, the agency said.
Given the imminent risk, the Nicaraguan Center for Human Rights (Cenidh) has reiterated its demand for a change in the prison regime for the guerrilla commander because “she cannot continue in El Chipote”; as well as immediate freedom for all political prisoners.
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“We hold the regime and especially the Supreme Court of Justice and the Directorate of Judicial Assistance responsible for what may happen to it. His physical deterioration, the mark of torture on his visibly pale, weak and thin body. How can a person in that state and at that age continue to resist?” the defenders questioned.
Téllez was sentenced to eight years in prison for the alleged crime of conspiracy to undermine national integrity through an anomalous trial behind closed doors.
