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Opponents reject the Ortega government’s measure to revoke their nationality

Opponents reject the Ortega government's measure to revoke their nationality

Nicaraguan opponents rejected this Wednesday the decision of the government of President Daniel Ortega to strip them of their nationality, in what is an unprecedented event in Nicaragua.

In the last 15 days, the Ortega government has taken this action in at least three instances against its critics and opponents. Last week it revoked the nationality of 222 political prisoners released and sent to the United States, and on Wednesday 94 more, including activists, journalists and human rights defenders, who were considered “traitors.” In between, Bishop Rolando Álvarez, in addition to being sentenced to more than 26 years in prison, was also stripped of his nationality.

Those affected have reacted with messages on the networks in which they assure that it is an illegal action on the part of the Ortega government.

The lawyer and former employee of the Judiciary Yader Morazán, one of those stripped of his nationality, this Wednesday indicated on Twitter that the measure as punishment is illegal, since it does not exist in the Nicaraguan Code of Criminal Procedure, and argued that there was not even a court proceedings against you.

On Thursday, one day after the 94 had their nationality revoked, the accusations against these people were reflected in the Judiciary.

The acquisition, loss and recovery of nationality will be regulated by law.

The Nicaraguan Constitution establishes in its article 21 that the acquisition, loss and recovery of nationality are regulated by law, but the ruling party that controls the National Assembly requested a reform to said regulations last week, after releasing more than 200 prisoners politicians who were welcomed in the United States.

With the reform to Article 21, those considered “traitors to the homeland lose their Nicaraguan national status.” The reform was approved in a first legislature but would remain pending approval until January 2024.

According to journalist Carlos Fernando Chamorro, one of those affected, the stripping of nationality and the confiscation of assets are strictly prohibited by the Constitution of the Republic.

“The dictators Ortega and Murillo are only reaffirming that for many years Nicaragua ceased to be a society governed by law and the Constitution, in which the law of revenge and hatred prevails against citizens who aspire to live in a free and democratic society,” Chamorro wrote in a tribune.

Lawyer Pablo Cuevas, one of the 94, recalled that Article 2 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights literally states that “no citizen can be arbitrarily deprived of their nationality.” This same norm speaks of the right to property.

“Both of my rights were violated by the dictatorship, for the mere fact of strongly denouncing the violations of the law, justice and human rights by the dictatorship,” Cuevas said.

“Consequent to my acting on the correct side of history, I want to make it clear that this abusive and cowardly action by the terrorist government of Daniel and Rosario Murillo does not intimidate me. I feel stronger and more aware that, despite the abusive action, I am still a Nicaraguan,” he stressed.

Several other of those affected expressed their rejection of the measure. “The dictators of Nicaragua, Rosario Murillo and Daniel Ortega, are wrong, they are going to strip me of my nationality with a vulgar writing,” said the priest Edwin Román, one of the 94.

Former vice president and writer Sergio Ramírez wrote on Twitter: “Nicaragua is what I am and everything I have, and that I will never stop being.”

This is the complete list of people declared stateless this Wednesday.

  1. Javier Ramon Melendez Quiñonez
  2. Salvador Stadthagen Icaza
  3. Rosalía del Carmen Gutiérrez Huete de Miller
  4. Roberto Bendana McEwan
  5. Eddy Acevedo Sanchez
  6. Alexa Zamora Arana
  7. Camilo de Castro Belli
  8. Roberto Jose Soza Tellez
  9. Francisco Jose Somarriba Mendoza
  10. Vicente Martinez Bermudez
  11. Claudia Leon York
  12. Luis Fernando Carrion Cruz
  13. Desiree Guadalupe Elizondo Cabrera
  14. Hector Ernesto Mairena
  15. Jesus Adolfo Tefel Amador
  16. Ana Otilia Quirós Víquez
  17. Cristian Ernesto Medina Sandino
  18. Sofia Isabel Montenegro Alarcon
  19. Azáhalea Isabel Solís Román
  20. Erick Mauricio Diaz Fernandez
  21. Juan Enrique Saenz Navarrete
  22. Edipcia Juliana Dubón Castro
  23. Dulce Maria Porras Aguilar
  24. Silvia Nadine Gutierrez Pinto
  25. Vilma Nunez Ruiz
  26. Uriel de Jesus Pineda Quinteros
  27. Guillermo Gonzalo Carrion Maradiaga
  28. Luciano Rafael Garcia Mejia
  29. Alvaro Jose Leiva Sanchez
  30. Juan Francisco Zeledon Montenegro
  31. Haydee Isabel Castillo Flores
  32. Monica Salvadora Baltodano Marcenaro
  33. Monica Augusta López Baltodano
  34. Julio Cesar Lopez Campos
  35. Francisca Ramirez Torrez
  36. Humberto Antonio Belli Pereira
  37. Gioconda Maria Belli Pereira
  38. Elvira Auxiliadora Cuadra Lira
  39. Federico Jose Sacasa Patino
  40. Mangel Jose Hernandez Rivera
  41. Carmella Maria Rogers Ambur / Kitty Monterrey
  42. Ireland Ondina Jerez Barrera
  43. Eliseo Fabio Nunez Morales
  44. Norman Jose Caldera Cardenal
  45. Gerardo José Baltodano Cantarero
  46. Alvaro Jesus Somoza Urcuyo
  47. Silvio Jose Baez Ortega
  48. Berta Adelma Valle Otero
  49. Rafael Enrique Solis Cerda
  50. Carlos Adolfo Zeledon Montenegro
  51. Arthur McFields Tinders
  52. Yader Alfonso Morazan Flores
  53. Ligia Ivette Gomez
  54. Issa Moises Hassan Morales
  55. Jimmy Alfredo Guevara Hernandez
  56. Pablo Manuel Martinez Ruiz
  57. Joao Ismael Maldonado Bermudez
  58. Marvin Ariel Aguirre Tinoco
  59. Josué Santiago Alvarez Rojas
  60. Ricardo Javier Conrado Mojica
  61. Roberto Jose Alvarez Rojas
  62. Lenin Rojas Medrano
  63. Rodolfo Antonio Rojas Arburola
  64. Oscar Ricardo Rojas Campos
  65. Pio Humberto Arellano Molina
  66. Cristian Josué Mendoza Fernández
  67. Bosco Rene Martinez Martinez
  68. Hector Armando Morales
  69. Cristian Rodrigo Fajardo Caballero
  70. Zayda Yunieth Hernandez
  71. harving salvador padilla
  72. Edwin Heriberto Roman Calderon
  73. Gem Serrano Morales
  74. Luis Manuel Chavarria Galeano
  75. Jennifer Tatiana Ortiz Castillo
  76. Lucia Agustina Pineda Ubau
  77. Patricia Amanda Orozco Andrade
  78. Wilfredo Ernesto Miranda Aburto
  79. Manuel Diaz Morales
  80. Alvaro Valentin Navarro
  81. Jose David Quintana Garcia
  82. Anibal Enrique Toruno Jiron
  83. Santiago Antonio Aburto Ovando
  84. Mario Medal
  85. Roberto Danilo Samcam Ruiz
  86. Pablo Emilio Cuevas Mendoza
  87. Juan Carlos Gutierrez Soto
  88. Danny Ariel Ramirez Ayerdis
  89. Jorge Leonel Mairena Sanchez
  90. Sergio Ramirez Mercado
  91. Carlos Fernando Chamorro Barrios
  92. Amaru Ruiz German
  93. Manuel Salvador Orozco Ramirez
  94. Uriel Antonio Vallejo

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