Three members of the Incidamos Network, which brings together political and civil society leaders from Latin America, delivered a letter to the Nicaraguan embassy in Colombia demanding an end to the repression of the regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo.
In the letter they request the release of political prisoners, the restitution of nationality to those declared stateless and the restitution of democratic order.
Paula Holguín, Colombian senator and member of the Network, called on the Ortega regime to release the political prisoners and “to return their citizenship to so many citizens who have lost it in a serious violation of international law and, furthermore, for democracy and freedoms to be restored in that country.”
Related news: Colombia asks the International Criminal Court to act against Ortega
Jesús Magaña, leader of United for Life, stated that it is very important to ask the “Government of Nicaragua” to respect the human rights of its citizens. “We particularly demand the release of more than 40 political prisoners who are still there in Nicaraguan jails, especially Monsignor Rolando Álvarez,” he said.
The Colombian politician explained that the imprisonment of the bishop of the Diocese of Matagalpa is unjust and indicated that he is imprisoned in a “maximum security prison for the mere fact of announcing the Gospel.”
The members of the organization hope that their demand will be heard and reach the Nicaraguan dictatorship. In addition, receive an official response from the Nicaraguan diplomatic headquarters in the South American country.
The Incidamos Network is made up of six countries, diplomats, senators and representatives. They came together to defend democracy, freedom and order of the rule of law in Latin American countries.
On February 26, the Colombian Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a strong and forceful statement of “repulsion” against the “arbitrary” measures carried out by the dictatorship of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo.
The official statement refers to the recent events of stripping the Nicaraguan nationality of 317 people, including academics, journalists, activists, opponents, human rights defenders, and priests.
The Colombian Foreign Ministry points out that the regime’s actions were against “citizens of their country whose only crime has been to defend democracy, the right to criticism and universal human rights. Also, he offers the nationality of that country to expatriates by Ortega and Murillo.
Colombia affirms that these violations of the rights of Nicaraguans must be known by the International Criminal Court (ICC) and called on the CPI Prosecutor to take “cards in such an alarming matter.”
