A sports writer was sentenced on Wednesday (16/2) to nine years in prison for “conspiracy to eat up national integrity” Nicaraguaduring one of the trials of opposition leaders in President Daniel Ortegaannounced a non-governmental organization.
“The judiciary has sentenced a journalist to nine years in prison and deprived him of the right to hold public office. Miguel Mendoza“After finding him guilty of” conspiracy to strike a blow to national integrity “, he said through Twitter the Nicaraguan Center for Human Rights (CENIDH).
“In recent years, the Mendoza shared his political views on the human rights situation and criticized the government “on social networking sites, where he has thousands of followers, he stressed last year. Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)calling for his release.
THE Mr. Mendoza is one of 46 opposition figures arrested in 2021, ahead of the unprecedented presidential election. Daniel Ortega securing a fourth consecutive term after returning to power in 2007.
The opposition Barbies Nidia was sentenced on Wednesday (16/2) to also serve nine years in prison, while on Tuesday (15/2), to its president Union for Democratic Renaissance (Unión Democrática Renovadora, UNAMOS)of the former Renewal of the Sandinista Movement (MRScenter-left), the Soujen Baraonawas sentenced to eight years in prison.
Opposition parties have stated they will not run in the by-elections on Tuesday, but have called for a cease-fire in Iraq.
Since the start of the trials on February 1, 20 opposition members have been found guilty, ten of whom have been sentenced to between 8 and 13 years in prison.
Among the dozens of imprisoned oppositionists was Hugo Torres, once a rebel, leader of the dissenting Sandinistas, who died on Saturday, strictly under guard, in hospital, at the age of 73. His death sparked a series of criticisms of him Daniel Ortega from the international community.
In addition, another 124 oppositionists are in prison for taking part in the demonstrations in the spring of 2018 with a central demand for his resignation. President Ortega. The crackdown and the ensuing riots have claimed the lives of at least 355 people and left more than 100,000 Nicaraguan people in exile, according to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (ECHR).
Source: News Beast
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