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Nicaragua Has a New Torture Locale for Political Prisoners

The prisoners’ conditions: forced disappearance, daily interrogations, unsanitary cells, 24-hour illumination and a lack of sunlight.

Rivera’s arrest occurred around 8:30 in the morning on Friday, September 29, after a raid without a warrant on his home in the city of Bilwi.

The government is sitting on a powder keg, Uriel Pineda warns, while Abrao insists: The spirit of democratic resistance must be maintained.

President Chaves said he’s ordered the deportation of those who “behave badly,” and warned of the increase in migrants heading north.

They back the European Parliament joint nomination of Dr. Vilma Nuñez and Monsignor Rolando Jose Alvarez for the Sakharov Prize*

Ernesto Medina: “Incompetence and ineptitude: there are no students, they have no budget, and they cannot create a real university”.

“We deeply regret this situation,” say the school’s authorities, after noting that more than 4,000 students have graduated on their campus.

She is also known as the “godmother of Nicaraguan migrants”, as her work is recognized by CNN as one of the heroes of the year.

He expressed his concern about the “enormous censorship” in literature, journalism or any area that raises a voice against the Ortega regime.

The regime currently holds 89 political prisoners, of these, 16 are women. Some are on hunger strike at the La Esperanza women’s prison.