The Youth and Student Unit (UJE) joined the demand of opposition groups and human rights defenders for the release of Monsignor Rolando Álvarez, a political prisoner of the Ortega regime.
UJE recalled that the bishop of the Diocese of Matagalpa as “Nicaraguan pastor” is unjustly imprisoned, sentenced on February 10 to 26 years in prison for alleged conspiracy against the homeland.
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They also stressed that “his smile – of Monsignor Álvarez – gives us hope and from UJE we believe that his work for peace in Nicaragua deserves to be recognized.”
They also affirmed that the prelate is deserving of the Nobel Peace Prize “for his work and struggle, defending the rights of the Nicaraguan people.”
The priest was exhibited on the night of Saturday, February 25, after he was visited by his two brothers in the Jorge Navarro Penitentiary System, known as “La Modelo” in Tipitapa.
“Monsignor Rolando Álvarez received a visit from his brothers, Vilma and Manuel Antonio Álvarez Lagos, on the afternoon of this Saturday, March 25, in the Jorge Navarro de Tipitapa National Penitentiary System,” details the brief information published by the websites of the Sandinista dictatorship.
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Before the affirmations of the journalist Juan Cortés, of the official Canal 4, that the hierarch is well and healthy, the prelate replied smiling: “Oh good! Do you look good, healthy? And how do they see my face?
The bishop was deprived of his freedom since August 4, 2022, when police officers prevented him from leaving the Matagalpa Episcopal Curia, he is currently part of the list of more than 30 political prisoners.
