They expel the camp of parents of prisoners in Nicaragua

Managua.- Relatives of people detained during protests in Nicaragua were evacuated today from the outskirts of El Chipote prison in Managua, under threat of attack supporters of the government, human rights defenders reported.

Carla Sequeira, Legal Director of the Standing Commission on Human Rights (CPDH, Independent), said Friday that she had received information about a march organized by the government to expel relatives of detainees with violence and that This Saturday morning, they began to receive telephone threats, so they decided to evacuate everyone to the Cathedral of Managua.

"The transfer was pretty chaotic, we were surrounded by police and now we have a woman with four months of pregnancy in critical health condition who will be taken to the hospital," said activist to the chain 100% Noticias.

For several weeks, relatives of protesters and opponents were detained outside the police jails known as El Chipote, an improvised camp under awnings, that provided volunteers mats, food and toilets. portable which has become the center of attention of the national and international press.

Braulio Abarca, a lawyer at the Nicaraguan Center for Human Rights (CENIDH, Independent), who accompanies and counsels the families of the detainees, lamented the intimidation of the government and described it as new official offense.

In 100% Noticias declarations, Abarca noted that in El Chipote are "64 political prisoners, including eight minors" brought to this site from various cities of the country

Pablo Cuevas, also an activist of the CPDH, said the government and its supporters in the framework of "an intoxication of power" seek to "silence any discordant voice". "They do not want to leave any room for citizens to express themselves in any way, but that will only spark more disagreement," he warned.

According to reports by human rights activists and newspaper reports, citizens detained in El Chipote were illegally arrested by armed paramilitary groups who violently evicted traffic jams and dissolved all types of anti-government protests.

"Today they arrest them and tomorrow the police invents a criminal record even if they have never been in prison", reported on television one of the women transferred to the Cathedral and whose 28-year-old son was arrested by paramilitaries eight days ago.

The government summoned its supporters and public employees to a march which it called "March of Justice for the Victims of Terrorism", which would end on the outskirts of the Directorate of Justice. 39 Police Legal Assistance (DAJ), better known as El Chipote.

Meanwhile, the opposition Civic Alliance canceled a planned march also for this morning that would culminate in this same place.

However, there are two other marches that the opposition has claimed this Saturday.

Nicaragua is experiencing its worst political crisis in 40 years since the beginning of the student protest on April 18, which has worsened after the violent action of police and paramilitaries against unarmed civilian protesters which cost the lives of more than 350 people. independent organizations for the defense of human rights. The government recognizes only 49 dead.