Among them is Cristina Chamorro, the candidate who sought to remove Ortega’s presidency in the 2021 election.
Euskaraz irakurri: Nikaraguak 222 political prisoner espetxetik atera eta kanporatu ditu, tartean apaizak
Nicaraguan authorities this Thursday expelled a group of 222 political prisoners, including five priests, to the United States, disqualifying them for life from holding public office or through popular elections.
The 222 Nicaraguan prisoners, including 7 who tried to challenge the current president, Sandinista Daniel Ortega, for the presidency, were deported to the United States “for traitors to the homeland“, according to the ruling of an appeals court in Managua.
“The immediate deportation of 222 people convicted of committing acts undermining the independence, sovereignty and self-determination of the people has been ordered for incitement to violence, terrorism and economic destabilization,” said the verdict, read by the magistrate of the Judicial Complex of Managua.
Among the political prisoners released by the Sandinista government Christian Chamorrothe aspiring candidate for the presidency of Nicaragua who had the best chance of beating the current president in the November 2021 election.
In addition to Chamorro, who was notably absent from that election event, the list of those expelled includes the other six opposition leaders who tried to challenge Ortega at the polls: Arturo Cruz, Félix Maradiaga, Juan Sebastián Chamorro, Miguel Mora, Medardo Mairena and Noel Vidaurre.
Also five Nicaraguan Catholic priests who had just been sentenced to ten years in prison for crimes deemed “treason.”
The list also includes the general manager of the Nicaraguan newspaper The pressJuan Lorenzo Holmann Chamorro, as well as student leaders Lesther Alemán and Max Jérez, and historical dissident Sandinista guerrilla Dora María Téllez.
The Organization of American States (OAS) demanded on Thursday that the Ortega government restore prisoners’ rights.
The European Union He welcomed the release of the political prisoners, but warned the country’s authorities that this “long-awaited” step is not enough and that dialogue should follow.
Nicaragua makes one political and social crisis since April 2018, which was further accentuated after the controversial general election of November 7, 2021, in which Ortega was re-elected to a fifth term, fourth in a row and second jointly with his wife, Rosario Murillo, as Vice President, with his main contenders in prison or exile.
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Source: EITB
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