Restrictions in the supply of food, beatings, abusive searches, aggravation of chronic diseases and new ailments of prisoners of conscience, as a result of prolonged confinement, and in some cases, in maximum security cells, denounced the relatives who make up the Kidnapped Group United Politicians.
The main demand of the relatives is the unconditional release of the political prisoners, in addition to the annulment of the “rigged trials”, and the cessation of the siege suffered by their families on a daily basis, they indicated in a statement read at a virtual press conference. This Tuesday, March 8.
The grandmother of prisoner of conscience Kevin Solís is concerned about the physical and mental health of her grandson, who has spent two years in prison. The young man “is beaten, he is too thin, he has problems with his head because he sometimes loses consciousness, he is dissociated,” she said.
They found out that on February 4 they beat him “very hard” and that some days, the food they bring him is delivered some time later, when it is already in poor condition. “Kevin is in a very serious situation” denounced his relative.
“We have been restricted from the amount of raw food that we pass in the parcels and the cooked food that we take to share on conjugal visits,” said the relatives.
no medical care
A relative of political prisoner Kevin Castillo, originally from León, pointed out that he has been imprisoned twice: the first time he was infected with covid-19 and was left with sequelae in his lungs and heart.
Castillo was recaptured last September and two months ago he had kidney problems, for which he sought assistance at the prison, but they did not attend him, “in clear violation of his right to health,” the young woman denounced.
This is part of what more than 160 political prisoners in the country experience daily, locked up in different prisons, with restrictions on medicines necessary for their different ailments, which degrades their health, according to the families.
“Many of our relatives have chronic diseases and others that over the years were acquired in the dungeons of the dictatorship that need to be treated immediately,” the relatives warn.
“They do not allow them to go out on the patio in the sun, especially those who remain in the maximum security cells, which has had repercussions on skin diseases,” they pointed out.
The relatives are distressed by the precarious conditions in which the prisoners of conscience find themselves. They themselves also suffer abuse at each visit. Women are subjected to “a review so extreme that it harms our dignity, whether to go to family or conjugal visits.” They are also constantly photographed, including minors.
They called on the people of Nicaragua, the international community, the International Red Cross and human rights organizations to denounce “all these violations of which we are victims.”
At the same time, they recalled on International Women’s Day, the abuses to which 14 political prisoners of the Ortega regime are subjected, for whom they also demand their freedom.
