Nicaragua Archives - Page 198 of 448

EU Calls on Ortega to Release Prisoners & Open to Dialogue

Joseph Borrell rejects accusations of the Ortega regime against Spain, which they consider “unacceptable.”

Regime asked to report on their compliance with the court-ordered provisional measures for several opposition leaders…

“They violate the right to free association, attempting to annul any expression that defends and promotes human rights in Nicaragua.”

He accuses the daily of “money laundering” without evidence, attacks the “devil’s priests,” and says that “to slander the State is a crime.”

Carlos F. Chamorro: “This threat is destined to fail, because they can never confiscate independent journalism.”

Participating in any type of organization not controlled by the FSLN has become a crime in Nicaragua, even worse if it’s an NGO.

The Ortega-Murillo government continues to be at war with Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs). Now 40 have stripped of their legal status

“The objective is to silence us, silencing independent journalism and closing this media that has so much history over more 90+ years.”

The Inter American Press Association condemns the ransacking of the Nicaraguan newspaper La Prensa and the arrest of its General Manager.

Crespo called on her Nicaraguan counterparts to fight for the rights of “those who are suffering the repression of police, soldiers & mobs.”