At least ten political prisoners, held captive in the “El Chipote” prison in Managua, suffer isolation with their minor children imposed by the Daniel Ortega regime. Various opposition and human rights organizations have joined the demand «that allow them to communicate» pointing out that the measure is illegal and constitutes torture.
More than ten children and adolescents, between the ages of 2 and 16, are affected by the restriction of the dictatorship, including the 22-year-old son of journalist Miguel Mora, who has disabilities and suffers from the absence of his father.
Political prisoner Marcos Fletes has three sons whom he has seen for more than a year; Róger Reyes has two girls, two and four years old; María Oviedo is kept isolated from her two children; while Miguel Mendoza’s seven-year-old girl begs the authorities every day to be able to visit her father. Hostages of the regime are not allowed to receive even a letter from their children.
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the political prisoner Yubrank Suazo served one hundred days of arbitrary arrest. The opposition leader from Masaya is being held in a punishment cell of the Jorge Navarro Penitentiary System, known as “La Modelo”, after passing through the “El Nuevo Chipote” prison in Managua, accused of the alleged crime of conspiracy to commit undermining national integrity and spreading false news.
Suazo was taken from his home, in the early hours of the morning, by regime operators, in the month of May, after the young man denounced the police siege of a Masaya parish.
This is the second time that the dictatorship imprisons him. On this occasion, he sentenced him to 10 years in prison.
Monsignor Rolando Alvarez, held at his family home in Managua, and the six religious and one lay personprisoners in “El Nuevo Chipote”, have suffered the violation of at least ten human rights by the regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo.
The Nicaraguan Center for Human Rights (Cenidh) denounced that the Ortega-Murillos have violated their right to honor and reputation; freedom of conscience and religion; as well as the right to the presumption of innocence, physical and mental health, access to justice and individual liberty, among others.
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The victims are the bishop, four priests, two seminarians and a cameraman, members of the Diocese of Matagalpa, locked up without charges being filed so far. The lawyer for political prisoners, Yonarqui Martínez, stated that the situation of the religious is “alarming.”
Monsignor Leonardo Urbina, parish priest of Boaco, He was found guilty of alleged sexual abuse. The former employee of the Judiciary Yader Morazán revealed that the process was carried out behind closed doors, without the corresponding judge and without the right to defense.
The State did not allow the priest to be assisted by a private lawyer, imposed another supposed defender on him and denied him family contact or presence.
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Morazán published that, according to preliminary information, the Boaco Police, in charge of investigating the alleged crime, did not appear to testify, nor did the legal doctor or the forensic psychologist attend who would prove the rape against the minor.
Monsignor Urbina is the second priest found guilty, through an arbitrary trial, in a context of religious persecution in the country.
The Central Bank of Nicaragua revoked the operating license as a provider of buying and selling and/or currency exchange services to the company Shipping 22-24 SA
With this measure, the company will no longer offer the service of changing the dollars to córdobas that clients receive from their remittances; however, the agency clarified that it will continue to work normally.
Through its social networks, the company reported that this year they decided to revoke the license “due to lack of activity”, but maintain the money and parcel service with a presence throughout the country.
Opposition organizations have echoed the request of US congressmen who demand the fast and forceful application of the Law Reborn to ensure the release of all political prisoners and protect human rights in Nicaragua. Opponents point out that necessary actions have been carried out, however, others “have not been effective.”
