11 protesters presented by the government as released from prison continue to be prisoners, denounces the Civic Alliance • El Nuevo Diario

The Nicaraguan government has lied about the physical location and legal status of at least 51 protesters prisoners at the heart of the country's socio-political crisis, a source from the Civil Alliance for Justice and Human Rights reported on Tuesday. democracy.

At least 11 protesters reported as released from prison by the government continue to be arrested and 40 others are on a list of "common criminals", said constitutionalist Azahalea Solis, a member of the Alliance.

"On the government's list, there are more than 200 that the government claims to have already been released.However, when checking and insuring the list, we found that at least 11 people who, according to the government, were released are: prisoners, "Solis told reporters.

Solis added that "there is a list of 54 people who, according to them, constitute common law crimes and we found 40 who are political prisoners".

The alleged contradictions of the government were detected at the stage of comparison of the lists of the executive and the Alliance, in accordance with the agreement between the two parties on the release of "political prisoners" at the Nicaragua, with the support of the International Committee of the Red Cross. (IARC).

For this reason, the Alliance, together with the Committee for the Release of Political Prisoners and Political Prisoners, has announced the opening of two telephone lines so that detainees' relatives can find out about the situation of the imprisoned protesters.

According to the Committee for the Release of Political and Political Prisoners, when reviewing the lists with IARC, "we have reached an agreement on the information of 232 political prisoners who are still in the country's prisons", on a total of 809 reported by the Alliance

The release of "political prisoners" is a commitment made by the Government of Nicaragua in the negotiations to find a peaceful solution to the crisis that has occurred from 27 February to 3 April.

The executive has promised to release hundreds of "political prisoners" within 90 days of March 20, but since then only 50 have been sent home under family cohabitation, a condition in which 150 more have been released. been released before.