The sports writer and political prisoner of the dictatorship of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, Miguel Mendoza, has not seen his eight-year-old daughter Alejandra for 484 days, 32 of which he has been on a hunger strike. He initiated this form of protest to demand that the Nicaraguan regime end the forced solitary confinement that they have imposed on him and his little girl whom he last saw on June 21, 2021, minutes before being arrested in his home. in Managua.
Throughout her time in captivity, Alejandra has recorded various video messages, drawings, and texts so that the Ortega and Murillo dictatorship will allow her to reunite with her imprisoned father, but the dictatorial couple has been insensitive to the clamor of the girl who only asks to see to his dad.
The Nicas Libres Ya campaign warned on its Facebook account that Miguel Mendoza “has been on a hunger strike for 32 days to demand that the Ortega-Murillo regime allow him to see his daughter, with whom he has had no contact for 484 days” and shared a profile of the sports writer on his case.
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 denounced that he suffers from various illnesses that are not treated by a doctor.
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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. He was sentenced to nine years in prison.
“The health and life of political prisoners is at risk!” The relatives warned in a public statement issued this Monday, October 17. In addition, they affirm that if they insist on asking about when they will be able to see the opponents, the DAJ authorities “threaten us with not receiving the water.”
The 27 political prisoners detained in the electoral context, who are in “El Chipote”, are subjected to cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment, as reported by their relatives and human rights organizations. 55 days ago was the last time their relatives saw them, they fear for their 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 charged with crimes of treason under a set of repressive laws created to persecute the opposition.
