“They took me out many times at night for interrogations”
After being exiled on February 9, Maria Esperanza Sanchez said the torture and all the suffering “for my country has been worth it.”
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Nicaragua
Amnesty Int. on Expelling of Nicaraguan Political Prisoners
“The 222 people expelled from Nicaragua join tens of thousands of others who have been forced into exile from the country.
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Pope Francis Laments Sentencing of Bishop Alvarez
The pontiff said that he prays for “all those who suffer in that beloved nation” and reiterated his call for dialogue.
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Nicaragua: Exile and Civil Death is an Elusive Freedom
The released Nicaraguans were technically deported; that is, banished. They were stripped of their nationality and all their civil rights…
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The Nicaragua Prisoner Release in a Regional Context
The release of the Nicaraguan political prisoners is a highly relevant turn of events in favor of the region’s human rights.
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Exiled Nicaraguan Prisoners Remain Committed to Struggle
“Prison changes you. But we are still committed to bring about change,” Felix Maradiaga and Juan Sebastian Chamorro stated.
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The Banishment of Daniel Ortega’s Political Prisoners
They will be able to recover their dignified condition as Nicaraguan citizens and their corresponding rights when democracy returns.
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Thirty-Five of the Political Prisoners that Ortega Did Not Release
Among the political prisoners still held by the Ortega Murillo regime is Monsignor Rolando Alvarez, sentenced Friday to 26 years in jail.
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Nicaraguan Bishop Rolando Alvarez Receives 26-Year Sentence
In an express political trial on February 10th, a court serving the Ortega-Murillo dictatorship, condemned the bishop for fabricated crimes.
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Spain Offers to Nationalize Ortega’s 222 Banished Prisoners
Spain’s foreign minister, Jose Manuel Albares: “the process to be used is that of granting citizenship via a naturalization certificate.”
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