US EditionNicaragua’s government says it’s freeing detainees after pressure from the US
Nicaragua freed at least 19 political prisoners after U.S. pressure, but the government did not clarify detainees' status or conditions, amid ongoing human rights concerns.
- Nicaragua's Interior Ministry announced dozens in the National Penitentiary System are returning to their homes and families as U.S. pressure on President Daniel Ortega increases.
- Observers say the move looks like an effort to wash its hands of opposition amid international criticism, while Danny Ramírez-Ayárdiz, executive-secretary of CADILH, said it responds to United States pressure and fits a pattern since the 2018 crackdown.
- Human-Rights groups note many Nicaraguans forced into statelessness after being stripped of citizenship and sent to the United States and Guatemala; more than 60 people remain unjustly detained or disappeared.
- The U.S. State Department's Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs slammed Nicaragua's government on Saturday, while Danny Ramírez-Ayárdiz said he had mixed feelings and warned freed people will face ongoing harassment.
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Dozens of prisoners have been released in Nicaragua, a day after pressure from the United States to release political prisoners. According to the US, more than sixty people were wrongfully imprisoned, including priests, the sick, and the elderly. It is unclear who has been released and under what conditions. The Nicaraguan government has declined to comment. At the same time, an aid organization in the country reports that dozens of people have …
In Nicaragua, the authoritarian government claims to have released many prisoners.
The opposition in Nicaragua celebrated this Saturday the release of at least 20 political prisoners by the government co-chaired by Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, but they recalled that the total number of arrested amounts to 62, so they demand the release of all, while thanking the United States for the pressure on the Nicaraguan Executive, which today commemorates 19 consecutive years in power. "I celebrate with joy and solidarity, the dep…
Following Venezuela, Nicaragua Releases Prisoners After US Demands
MEXICO CITY—Nicaragua’s government announced on Saturday that it had freed dozens of people from its national penitentiary system, a day after the United States demanded the release of more than 60 political prisoners in the country. The move comes as Venezuela, also under U.S. pressure, begins releasing political prisoners. The development in Nicaragua reflects the degree of pressure that some left-wing governments in Latin America are under to…
The Nicaraguan government, co-chaired by Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, announced on Saturday the release of political prisoners who remained in detention, a release that takes place because of the anniversary of the 19th anniversary of the executive branch in power and under pressure from the United States. “The People President announces to Nicaragua Blessed and Always Free, that on the occasion of the commemoration of our 19th anniversary…
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