The opposition Blue and White National Unity (Unab) demanded proof of life from the regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo. Monsignor Rolando Alvarez, Bishop of the Diocese of Matagalpa, kidnapped since August 4, 2022.
“We demand proof of life from Monsignor Álvarez! In Nicaragua, the monsignor has been unjustly kidnapped for raising his voice in the face of so much evil and to date his whereabouts are not known, “demanded the opposition bloc.
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In turn, Unab asked the Nicaraguan people to join the demand on social networks so that the Ortega justice system shows and reports on the situation of the bishop, who has been detained since February 9 in the Jorge Navarro Penitentiary System, in Tipitapa.
«Let us demand justice for Monsignor Álvarez. Share the hashtag # LibertadParaMonseñor to raise awareness about his situation! #SOSNicaragua #JusticiaParaMonseñorÁlvarez”, called Unab.
For his part, Vilma Esperanza Alvarez Lagos, Monsignor Álvarez’s sister, demanded at the beginning of the month that the Nicaraguan authorities allow her to visit the religious leader, whom she has not seen since February 9.
One day after refusing to be exiled, on February 10, Álvarez was subjected to an express summary trial where he was sentenced to 26 years in prison and the removal of his Nicaraguan nationality. Since that day his family has not been able to see him and his state of health and where he is being held in the hands of the Ortega Murillo dictatorship are unknown.
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On February 9, after the dictatorship ordered the release and exile of 222 political prisoners, Daniel Ortega attacked the priest after he refused to be exiled.
Monsignor Álvarez is one of the most critical religious voices of the Ortega and Murillo dictatorship, which led him to be targeted by the Police who harassed and harassed him until they kidnapped him, and he joined the list of more than 30 political prisoners whom the regime refuses to release.
