The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) called on Friday for the release of Nicaraguan reporter Victor Ticay, arrested by authorities after covering Easter activities, which have been banned by the government of Daniel Ortega.
“The Nicaraguan government has once again shown little respect for the right to freedom of expression in the midst of an absurd climate of total censorship, which even extends to religious activities,” he said in a statement. release CPJ Programs Director Carlos Martínez de la Serna in New York.
Sources close to the family told the voice of america that the reporter who was arrested Wednesday morning after broadcasting a religious activity on the Facebook page The coverwould have been transferred to the maximum prison known as El Chipote, in Managua, and since then they have not been able to see him.
“Authorities must immediately release journalist Víctor Ticay and cease his relentless campaign to intimidate and threaten the press into silence or exile,” added CPJ’s Martínez.
As of the time of this publication, the charges against the reporter are unknown. Neither the National Police nor the prosecutor’s office have referred to the arrest of Ticay.
Pedro Vaca, IACHR rapporteur for freedom of expression said on Twitter that the absence of the rule of law in Nicaragua and the arbitrariness with which the authorities conduct themselves increases the concern of the organization he heads.
Ticay is a journalist from the city of Nandaime, a town located about 70 kilometers south of Managua.
According to opposition organizations, at least eleven people have been detained by the Nicaraguan National Police so far this Holy Week.
The Ortega government has prohibited all kinds of religious festivities and has launched a persecution against the faithful, according to independent organizations.
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