Spanish poet and journalist Daniel Rodríguez Moya insisted to MEPs on the need to designate sanctions against Nicaraguan judges who have sentenced political prisoners in the Central American country. The request was made at a meeting held at the headquarters of the European Parliament prior to the presentation of his documentary “Nicaragua, homeland free to live”, within the framework of the fourth anniversary of the massacre of May 30, 2018.
«Human rights violators are not only dictators; but also those who carry out their orders and must respond to the Justice for it at the time,” Rodríguez said during the event and that, in the meantime, “they must be sanctioned as forcefully as possible.”
In a meeting with the MEP of the Socialists and Democrats group, Ignacio Sánchez Amor, coordinator of Human Rights, Rodríguez Moya highlighted the importance of the sanctions of the European Union “at a level of the regime (of Nicaragua) that cannot enjoy impunity as they are accomplices direct and necessary elements in the violation of human rights.
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The MEP explained that they are working on a “new package” of sanctions for officials of the Ortega-Murillo regime, which could include Sandinista judges and directors of prisons throughout the country. The Spaniard reminded the April Mothers who continue to seek justice for the murders of their children, the prisoners of conscience who add up to more than 180 detainees.
The European parliamentarians Ignacio Sánchez Amor, Alicia Homs and Mónica Silvana have shown Europe’s commitment to the fight for democracy in Nicaragua and have opted to continue along the lines of individual sanctions. Sánchez recognized that “from the left it took us a while to realize what was happening in Nicaragua despite the signs that there were.”
The sanctions proposal
On May 10, three members of the European Parliament proposed that 14 judges of the Supreme Court of Justice (CSJ) of Nicaragua, at the service of the Ortega-Murillo dictatorship, be included in the list of those next sanctioned by the European Union.
The initiative is led by MEPs Soraya Rodríguez, Javier Nart and Jordi Cañas. They allege that this group should be sanctioned by the European Union (EU) for prosecuting, convicting and sentencing hundreds of political prisoners since the beginning of the social protests in April 2018.
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This is the list of judges proposed by MEPs to Josep Borrell, High Representative for Foreign Affairs of the European Union:
Verónica Fiallos Moncada of the Ocotal Criminal District Court; Rosa Velia Baca Cardoza of the Chinandega First Criminal District Court; William Irving Howard López, from the Masaya Criminal District Court and Erick Ramón Laguna Averruz from the Estelí Department District Court.
Irma Oralia Laguna Cruz, of the Managua First Criminal District Court; Rolando Sanarrusia, Sixth Criminal Court Judge of Managua; and Melvin Leopoldo Vargas García of the Seventh Criminal District Court of Managua.
In addition, the list includes Nancy Aguirre Gudiel, of the Tenth Court of the Managua Criminal District; Félix Ernesto Salmerón Moreno, of the Fifth Criminal District Court of Managua; Ulisa Yaoska Tapia Silva, of the Thirteenth Criminal District Court of Managua.
They also included Nadia Camila Tardencilla, head of the Managua Second Criminal District Court; Ángel Jeancarlos Fernández González of the Fourth Criminal District Court of Managua; Karen Chavarría and Luden Martin Quiroz, of the Ninth Criminal District Court of Managua.
