Political prisoners Donald Alvarenga, Muammar Vado, Nidia Barbosa, Harry Chávez Y Evelyn Pinto, arrested on the eve of the general elections of 2021, they celebrate 200 days of being imprisoned this Wednesday.
Among the prisoners there are three older adults who are sick and their relatives demand medical attention and the change of the prison regime to house arrest.
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For her part, Katherine Manuela Urbina, daughter of lawyer Manuel Urbina Lara, denounced that during the recent visit they made to the political prisoner they found that he had been beaten by jailers, which caused him serious injuries.
The family member called on human rights organizations to take measures to protect the life of her father and other political hostages.
the independent observatory Open Ballot Boxes announced its inspection day for the municipal electoral process scheduled for November. The observation will be focused on documenting the enabling conditions for voting and investigating the type and level of control that the Executive has over local powers.
In addition, it aims to evaluate the transparency of municipal management and its impact on the living conditions of its inhabitants. The organization highlights that “the commitment to document and demonstrate anomalies persists, despite the fact that the process managed by the current Electoral Power will lack legitimacy.”
The father Harvin Padillaparish priest of the San Juan Bautista church in Masaya, would have been transferred to the La Purísima seminary in Managua, guarded by a group of priests, after nine days of police siege.
Article 66 learned that the father will be placed in another parish and, for the moment, his exile is ruled out.
In a context of police harassment of leaders of the Catholic Church, the regime’s propagandist William Grigsby Vado, director of Radio La Primerísima, took the opportunity to rant against the religious for whom he requested imprisonment.
The threat from Rosario Murillo’s server was launched on his radio program for the Sandinista media outlet.
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The interdisciplinary team Blue and White Monitoring registered 29 incidents related to human rights violations reported in one week. According to the observatory, between Monday May 16 and Sunday May 22, there was an escalation of repression against the Catholic Church that has consisted of siege and threats against the priests Harving Padilla and Monsignor Rolando Álvarez, and the closure of the Catholic channel.
Among the reported incidents are detentions, cruel treatment and torture, raids, the death of indigenous community members, and the arrest of the opposition member Yubrank Suazo.
The illegitimate president Daniel Ortegawill participate this Friday, May 27, in the ALBA Summit that will take place in Havana, Cuba.
The regime’s spokeswoman, Rosario Murillo, confirmed that Ortega will be present at the impromptu meeting called by Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua, countries that may not be invited to the Summit of the Americas for not respecting democracy.
At the Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA), the regional political situation will be analyzed and common strategies will be shared, according to the forum.
The meeting in Havana was brought forward by the United States’ refusal to invite the dictators to the Summit of the Americas to be held in June in Los Angeles.
