Oscar Tellez Balladares, nephew of the former Sandinista guerrilla and political prisoner Dora Maria Tellezwas detained by the Police this Sunday, November 19, when he went to visit her at the police complex of the Directorate of Judicial Assistance, known as “El Nuevo Chipote”, in Managua.
The arrest occurred when the relative of the political prisoner complained to the prison authorities for the abuse and humiliation to which they subjected the men and women who attended the family visit this weekend, according to the newspaper La Prensa.
According to complaints from relatives of political prisoners, the police forced them to take off their clothes and even do squats in their underwear. The journalist and political prisoner Miguel Mendoza even asked his wife, Margin Pozo, for “pardon” for the demeaning situation she was subjected to in order to see him.
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“It was demeaning and humiliating. They practically abused us and us. My face drops with embarrassment. I’m still in shock,” Pozo told Article 66. The young woman had to take time off answering calls to overcome the overreach exercised by the El Chipote authorities against the relatives of political prisoners, which she described as sexual abuse.
«Our couples are neither rapists, murderers nor drug traffickers. And less us. It is a violation of our human rights,” she added.
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It was known that the older women were left in their underwear and the young people were put to do squats. Dora María Téllez’s nephew came to see her after almost three months of not allowing any prisoner of conscience to visit his family.
This is not the first time that the dictatorship of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo sexually abuses the relatives of union leaders imprisoned in “El Chipote.” On other occasions they have also demanded that they remove their clothing and underwear and strip them of personal items before they see their imprisoned family member. They also take photos and videos when families greet each other and have pressured them to pose for the cameras.
The regime authorized the family visit this Saturday, November 19, and Sunday, November 20, after forcing them to 84 days of absolute solitary confinement. The political prisoners imprisoned in that place have been seen by their families eleven times in more than a year. The dictatorship still does not allow communication between several imprisoned fathers and mothers with their minor children.
