Three organizations have proposed the same thing in the midst of the repression and censorship of the Daniel Ortega regime.
This Wednesday in Nicaragua, the opposition Blue and White National Unit asked the citizens of the country to join the campaign “Christmas without political prisoners”, to demand the freedom of more than 160 people imprisoned after showing rejection of the regime of President Daniel Ortega.
“We call on citizens to join this campaign, which we will carry out digitally, but also with other actions in the country, considering that they are not just another number or name in a long list, but rather they are fathers, mothers, children, daughters, brothers and sisters, who undoubtedly should be free ”, indicated the Unit, in a statement.
Most of the so-called “political prisoners” were arrested as a result of the anti-government demonstrations in 2018. Ten of them were already in prison before that year, and a group of more than 40 were captured in the context of the recent general elections in which Ortega was reelected, including seven who had disclosed their presidential aspirations.
The opponents and relatives of the “political prisoners” have insisted on their innocence, based on the Nicaraguan Constitution, which establishes freedom of thought and expression, and therefore also considers them “kidnapped.”
“We began December by raising our voices for the more than 160 people who remain kidnapped in the jails of the dictatorship, which continues to commit serious human rights violations,” said the National Unity.
According to the opposition organization, “there are now four Christmases that the regime has taken from thousands of families the happiness of enjoying their loved ones, who suffer illegal imprisonment, forced exile, disappearances, and extrajudicial killings, which continue to go unpunished.”
This is the third Nicaraguan organization to launch a similar campaign, after the Civic Alliance for Justice and Democracy, and the Association of Relatives of Political Prisoners (AFPP).
Ortega, who has governed since 2007 after having done so between 1979 and 1990, considers the opponents imprisoned as “terrorists”, his government accuses them of crimes considered “treason”, and has publicly accused them of being “sons of bitches ”From the United States.
Nicaragua is experiencing a socio-political crisis that began in 2018 with anti-government demonstrations that the Government reduced with armed attacks and that, according to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), left at least 355 dead and more than 100,000 exiles.
The crisis worsened with the new reelection of Ortega, which has been rejected by the majority of the international community, which considers it “illegitimate”, after which the Sandinista government has announced the withdrawal of Nicaragua from the Organization of American States ( OEA). (I)
Paul is a talented author and journalist with a passion for entertainment and general news. He currently works as a writer at the 247 News Agency, where he has established herself as a respected voice in the industry.
