The relatives of the journalist Miguel Mendoza point out that the political prisoner and his daughter have gone 489 days without contact, of which the last 37 have been on a hunger strike so that the regime allows him to see Alejandra, eight years old.
Mendoza was arrested on June 21, 2021. Since then, the political prisoner and his relatives have demanded that the dictatorship “authorize visits and that Alejandra (his daughter) can see him. The last time his family knew of his health status was on August 27 », refers to the complaint published on social networks.
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Alejandra Mendoza has sent various video messages, drawings and texts so that the Ortega and Murillo dictatorship will let her exercise her right to reunite with her imprisoned father, but so far the attempts of the father and daughter have been ignored and they have not yet been has authorized at least one visit.
In the message published this morning, the words sent by the sports writer to his daughter stand out, expressing that “her father is innocent and that he feels proud to be an independent journalist, worthy and committed to the country. Thinking differently is not a crime.
Miguel Mendoza has lost more than 30 pounds in prison and when he was presented in the courts of Managua he looked thin. His relatives recalled that he suffers from various illnesses that are not treated by a doctor.
The journalist and critic of the government of Daniel Ortega was convicted of the crimes of conspiracy to undermine national integrity and propagation of false news. The “evidence” was the posts on his Twitter account. The Ortega justice sentenced him to nine years in prison.
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The 27 political prisoners detained in the electoral context, who are in the Directorate of Judicial Assistance in Managua known as “El Nuevo Chipote”, are subjected to cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment, as reported by their relatives and human rights organizations.
It has been more than two months since his relatives had the last visit, they fear for his physical and health condition. The Mechanism for the Recognition of Political Prisoners updated the number of hostages of conscience to 219 as of September 2022. Most have been accused of crimes of treason under a group of repressive laws created to persecute the opposition.
