The Nunca Más Nicaragua Human Rights Collective denounced that the regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo committed “legal atrocities” by banishing 222 political prisoners to the United States. Nicaraguan nationality was taken from these same opponents through a reform of the Political Constitution of the Republic.
According to the human rights organization, the political prisoners »are innocent, they were imprisoned and sentenced through trials that lacked legality by violating due process, both internal regulations and the criminal procedure code and the Political Constitution of Nicaragua, as well as international guarantees in the field of human rights«
«In a flagrant violation of the resolution disguised as legality of the Court of Appeals of Managua, to release them, they were prescribed exile. Despite the fact that they indicated their deportation, the legal figure does not fit for Nicaraguans, the General Law on Migration and Immigration uses the category of rejection, expulsion and deportation for foreigners”, he highlighted.
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According to the Ortega justice, the 222 political prisoners were exiled for being considered “traitors to the homeland”, to justify their decision they reformed article 21 of the Political Constitution of the Republic, through the Legislative Branch, and ordered the Judiciary to issue an order “deportation” for violating Law 1055, Sovereignty Law.
The Nunca Más Nicaragua Collective demanded an end to the repression, justice and freedom for all political prisoners in Nicaragua. He also denounced that the political hostages were sentenced to punishment for thinking differently and raising their voices in demand for justice, truth and non-repetition.
“The Mechanism for the Recognition of Political Prisoners in Nicaragua reported that 38 people continue to be deprived of their liberty, including Martha Candelaria Rivas Hernández, the only political prisoner, and the Bishop of Matagalpa, Monsignor Rolando Álvarez, who deserve their immediate release,” it states.
The exiled political prisoners represent more than 80% of those detained by the regime. They were transferred from the different Nicaraguan prisons and the Judicial Assistance Directorate (DAJ) in Managua to the Augusto C. Sandino International Airport to board a flight to Washington DC, where they arrived this afternoon.
