The Nunca Más Nicaragua Human Rights Collective condemned the repressive wave of police and parapolice against the population of the Caribbean Coast of the country, unleashed by the social protests where they denounced electoral fraud in the municipal votes of November 6, 2022.
“We demand that the State of Nicaragua cease repression against citizens who claim the right to truth, justice, reparation and non-repetition,” said the Costa Rica-based human rights organization.
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Likewise, it demanded the immediate release of all political prisoners in Nicaragua. “The Collective (…) repudiates the police and parapolice repression on the Caribbean Coast where dozens of people have been attacked and persecuted, mainly indigenous and Afro-descendant youth.”
He also pointed out that the context of systematic repression and serious violations of human rights “continues arbitrary arrests and criminalization of various expressions of citizenship that demand freedom, truth, justice and democracy.”
In videos published by Urnas Abiertas, agents of the Directorate of Special Police Operations (DOEP) are seen throwing tear gas bombs at citizens to withdraw them, while the Police mobilized on motorcycles, this within the framework of the anniversary of the political organization in Bilwi.
Arbitrary detentions against young people
In reference to the arbitrary arrests against young opponents, the Collective emphasized the recent arrest by the Nicaraguan Army against young members of the Nicaraguan University Alliance (AUN). Mildred Giselle Rayo Ramirez Y Miguel Alejandro Flores Matusaccused by the Ortega justice system of undermining national integrity.
Another case that human rights defenders pointed out is that of the opposition Karla Patricia Vega, kidnapped in El Rosario, Carazo; by police on November 5. She is accused of the alleged crimes of “conspiracy to undermine national integrity and” propagation of false news “.
“It should be noted that there are dozens of people deprived of liberty, whose names are not known due to the well-founded fear of their relatives, against whom threats, arrests and torture are also carried out,” the Collective remarked.
The organization reiterates to the Ortega dictatorship to cease the repression against citizens and to allow visits to political prisoners held at the Directorate of Judicial Assistance (DAJ), known as “El Nuevo Chipote”, who have been incommunicado for 84 days.
