The Blue and White Monitoring interdisciplinary team recorded 29 incidents “related to human rights violations” orchestrated by the Daniel Ortega regime. Among these events, the arrest of the opponent Yubrank Suazo and the “harassment” against the religious leaders of the Catholic Church stand out.
«As of May 19, a repressive escalation was registered against the Catholic Church that has consisted of siege and threats against the priests Harving Padilla, in Masaya; and Monsignor Rolando Álvarez, from Matagalpa, the closure of Catholic media outlets and the attempted arrest of members of the congregation. Likewise, the harassment by the Police towards members of social movements and families of victims who are members of the AMA (Association of Mothers of April) continues”, refers to the report that covers the week of May 16 to 22.
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The report adds that in that course three arrests were reported, including that of the Masaya opponent and member of the Civic Alliance Yubrank Suazo, who was accused of alleged conspiracy to undermine national integrity, according to information available in the system of causes. of the Judiciary.
The accusation was presented by the prosecutor Carlos Rafael Espinoza Castilla on behalf of the Public Ministry and the case will be processed in the Fifth Criminal Court with Judge Nalia Nadezha Úbeda Obando.
They deny that the political prisoner was arrested through “a violent capture in which there was also an illegal search of his home.” Suazo was taken from his home in Masaya on Wednesday, May 18. The raid occurred at 5:15 in the morning, violating the schedule established for these procedures, according to statements by lawyer Yonarqui Martínez.
Sources close to the family revealed that the police broke the locks on the main entrance of Suazo’s house, entered by force, beat the opponent and his father. Suazo’s mother, a person who suffers from various diseases, was also on the site. The opponent was violently taken to the bathtub of a police patrol. For a few days there had been reports of the siege that he was a victim of and that ended with his recapture.
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The agency also highlights the murder of two Miskitus community members in the South Autonomous Region at the hands of Colonos, a situation that keeps human rights organizations on alert at the national and international levels.
Delegates from indigenous territories have demanded that the regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo carry out “urgently the cleaning up of the invaded indigenous territories as mandated by Law 445, the Law on the Communal Property Regime of Indigenous Peoples.”
They also demand justice for the crimes against the indigenous people perpetrated by settlers, the prosecution of those involved in the illegal sales of indigenous lands, and compensation to the communities for the damage caused to the forests and the ecosystem, culture, and community ways of life. .
