UN urged Daniel Ortega regime in Nicaragua to release opponents “arbitrarily” detained

The Regional Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, as well as the Inter-American Commission They condemned the recent deprivation of liberty of three peasant leaders and two students in Nicaragua and called for their release.

Nicaraguan National Police arrested five peasant and student leaders on July 5, which are added to 21 other people arrested in recent weeks in this Central American country, According to the complaints received by the aforementioned organizations, the UN informed in a statement.

Thus, the United Nations and the Entity Commission have described as “Very worrying” that the Nicaraguan government “is focusing on the peasant and student sectors”, two of the main protagonists of the demonstrations that began in April 2018, as well as the national dialogue.

Indeed, some of those imprisoned had previously expressed themselves as candidates for the presidential election, scheduled for November 7, including Medardo Mairena.

The others arrested are opposition leaders, human rights defenders, businessmen and civilians. independent journalists, as good as Another 130 people still under arrest after the 2018 protests.

That is why The United Nations and the Inter-American Commission have urged Nicaragua to end arbitrary detentions and release all those arrested in the context of the political crisis in the country.

In addition, The UN regretted that, until, none of the detainees were able to contact their family or speak to any lawyer of their choice.

The information received by the organizations indicates that the July 6 The legal team of the Standing Commission on Human Rights which visited Find out about the peasant leaders you represent and their situation.

Likewise, they detailed that parents of student leaders have been barred from entering and to journalists who wanted to report on the case.

The United Nations Office and the Inter-American Commission called on the international community to redouble its efforts to end human rights violations in Nicaragua, that repressive actions cease and that democratic guarantees in the nation be restored.

Ortega “is afraid of losing power”

President Daniel Ortega “he is desperate, he has lost popular support and he is afraid of losing his powerAnd that is why he has retained his opponents for the legislative elections of November 7, during which the president will seek a new re-election.

This is how the American lawyer evaluated it this Friday Jared sweater, defender of Nicaraguan opposition presidential candidates arrested Félix Maradiaga and Juan Sebastián Chamorro García, during a telematic press conference with journalists in Managua.

“What Ortega does, in his cases (Chamorro García and Maradiaga), is absolutely lacking in decency. If Ortega were a strong president, he wouldn’t stop his opponents and win a fair election, but it is obvious that he is desperate, lost the popular support, and he’s afraid of losing his power, ”said Genser, who connected to the video conference from Washington, United States.

“A person who does things like that (arresting opponents) to maintain his power is a small person, really, without power“, says the lawyer.

The Nicaraguan police, led by Francisco Díaz, a brother-in-law of Ortega, keeps opposition presidential candidates in detention Cristiana Chamorro, Arturo Cruz, Félix Maradiaga, Juan Sebastián Chamorro, Miguel Mora and Medardo Mairena, whom he accuses of “treason against the motherland”.

In addition, two former vice-chancellors, two historic former dissidents of the Sandinista guerrillas, a business leader, a banker, a former first lady, five opposition leaders, two student leaders, two peasant leaders, a journalist, two former NGO workers and a driver of Cristiana Chamorro.

(With information from EFE and Europa Press)

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