The figure of political prisoners continues to increase in Nicaragua, while on the other hand the government of President Daniel Ortega releases thousands of common inmates, many repeat offenders, according to human rights organizations.
A report presented by the mechanism for the recognition of political prisoners, an Oenegé who has a count on arrests in the Central American country, has documented a total of 52 political apprehensions of opponents to President Ortega, 15 of these are older adults and four are journalists.
The agency indicates that among these political prisoners, 35 have been convicted of various crimes, already 17 have not been imposed, while 13 people on the list are considered “missing” and their whereabouts are still unknown.
The Ortega government does not recognize the figures of political prisoners and has described the people arrested as “criminals and traitors to the homeland.”
Since 2018, when the protests against President Ortega That they left more than 300 dead and thousands of exiles, opponents’ arrests have become a constant, denounced the Nicaragua More human rights collective, an oenegé based in Costa Rica.
Organizations classify this strategy as “rotating door” since while opposing opponents, on the other hand, new people identified by their critical position to the government are re -arrested again.
The administration of Ortega has also released thousands of common inmates.
Until February 14 of this year, about 48,964 common prisoners were released in the last ten years, of which 7.18 % have recounted in the commission of at least one crime according to official data.
Nicaragua lives a socio -political crisis since 2018 for mass protests against the Ortega government. The United States and its allies have imposed sanctions against Managua for human rights violations.
During a visit to Costa Rica of Secretary of State Marco Rubio, he cataloged Nicaragua, along with Cuba and Venezuela of being “enemies of humanity” for provoking mass migrations by not granting free conditions to people.
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