The declaration of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) of “permanent contempt” of the State of Nicaragua shows that the regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo despises the fulfillment of human rights and rejects its international obligations, valued the lawyer Carlos Guadamuz , member of the Nunca Más Nicaragua Collective.
“This resolution demonstrates the extreme seriousness and urgency with which these measures were adopted because the people political prisoners they have been subjected to true acts of torture that compromise their physical and psychological health; as well as the safety of their relatives,” she said.
“The fact that the Inter-American Court has recognized that the State of Nicaragua is in a state of total contempt, this demonstrates the contempt of the State of Nicaragua for compliance with human rights and the rejection of its duty to protect and protect all guarantees. of Nicaraguan citizens. It shows the contempt for the human rights protection system that is in force in the inter-American region,” he added.
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The human rights defender explained that the resolutions of the Inter-American Court are inescapable compliance. He added that the regime must recognize and adopt the necessary measures to comply with said resolutions because it is established in Article 46 of the Political Constitution of Nicaragua and release political prisoners.
“In view of the resolution of the Inter-American Court, Victoria Cárdenas and I are extremely concerned about the absolute lack of protection in which our husbands Juan Sebastián Chamorro, Félix Maradiaga and more than 220 political prisoners find themselves in Nicaragua. We do not accept the normalization of torture. Freedom », Valle wrote on her Twitter account.
“The Inter-American Court has verified that my husband Juan Sebastián Chamorro and other beneficiaries of provisional measures are completely unprotected, which causes me deep concern. All persons deprived of liberty for political reasons must be released. They are innocent!” Cárdenas denounced on his social network account.
The highest inter-American court of justice declared Nicaragua on Tuesday, November 29, in “permanent contempt” of the numerous orders to release imprisoned opponents and will refer the situation to the General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS).
“There is a prolonged contempt on the part of the State that places the beneficiaries of the provisional measures in an increasingly vulnerable situation and implies an increase in the situation of risk,” the Inter-American Court indicated in a resolution.
The Inter-American Court explained that the State of Nicaragua has expressed its non-acceptance and rejection of the provisional measures adopted in favor of 75 imprisoned opponents of the regime, resolutions that have dates of June 24, September 9, November 4 and 22, 2021, as well as May 25 and October 4, 2022.
