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Newly Banished Nicaraguans Describe Torture in Prison

“We thought this would never end, but God heard us,” says one of the 135 exiles. Former prisoners confirm physical and psychological torture.

“Nicaragua’s release of journalists Víctor Ticay and Fabiola Tercero brings us relief, but they should never have been imprisoned…”

Valdrack Jaentschke is one of the regime’s most loyal figures within the diplomatic corps. Dennis Moncada leaves the post for “health reasons”

The former political prisoners were welcomed in Guatemala, the United States reported. The Ortega-Murillo regime remains silent.

A new change to the Criminal Code will grant the police “superpowers” to search and seize assets, with court permission an afterthought.

The dictatorship’s “Partnership Alliance” model means going from non-government organizations to para-state agencies.

“We reject the repression directed against citizen protests and the regime’s attempts to falsify the election results,” they affirm.

“Persecution of opponents to the Government or those perceived as dissenting voices has progressively been extended and intensified.”

The Prosecutor’s Office summoned Gonzalez on three occasions. He is accused of usurpation of functions and other made-to-order crimes. By

His cruel and arbitrary detention continues two years later, revealing a judicial system corroded by the worst interests.