(EFE)
In Nicaraguan prisons, there are “so far 89 people recognized as political prisoners: 16 women and 73 men (including 10 political prisoners detained before 2018),” according to a report whose data are confirmed by the Inter-American Commission Human Rights (IACHR).
The number was up 14.1% compared to previous data, he said.
Last August, this organization registered 78 people as “political prisoners” in Nicaragua.
The source warned of a “new modality for conducting trials that take place without transferring the accused person to the judicial complex.”
The source warned of a “new modality for conducting court cases, where the hearings will take place without transferring the accused person to the judicial complex, and the hearings will be held via videoconferencing, with no possibility of communication with the defense counsel of their choice.”
Among the 89 opponents or critics of Ortega who are still in prison are Monsignor Rolando José Álvarez Lagos, Bishop of the Diocese of Matagalpa and Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Estelí, both in northern Nicaragua.
The bishop was sentenced to more than 26 years in prison for crimes deemed “treason” after refusing to be deported to the United States last February.
Also present were journalist Víctor Ticay, an employee of local television Channel 10, released opposition activist Olesia Auxiliadora Muñoz Pavón and student leader Jasson Salazar.
Nicaragua has been mired in a political and social crisis since April 2018, aggravated after the disputed November 7, 2021 general election, in which President Daniel Ortega was re-elected for a fifth term and his main candidates were in jail or jail. Exile.
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