Dictatorship in Nicaragua

Relatives Visiting Ortega’s Political Prisoners Mistreated

Forced to strip and squat before being allowed in to see their relatives in jail. Prisoners were finally allowed a visit following 85 days of isolation

Jared Genser: “Dictators only release political prisoners when they have to”

The international lawyer considers that Ortega's mistakes and the growing international pressure will have “unpredictable consequences for the regime”

“They Said They’d Let My Son Go if I Turned Myself In”

The victims of Ortega’s political persecution confront increased anxiety in this new stage of the repression, with the regime holding their relatives

More political prisoners: Seventeen accused of alleged conspiracy and false news

La Prensa workers and relatives of politically persecuted are accused; Mother of the accused claims: “My son was captured as a hostage”

"Not even Sandinistas can protest in Nicaragua anymore... we feel cornered"

“People don’t come to work, they leave the country without quitting, because you never know what could happen to you,” declares public employee

Carmen Aristegui: “Censoring CNN is another attack on press freedom in Nicaragua”

The director of “Aristegui Noticias”, says the measure seeks to “silence, censor and diminish Nicaraguans’ possibilities of accessing information.”

Ortega's prosecutors accuse priests who lived through siege with Monsignor Alvarez

The Ortega dictatorship proceeds judicially, without specifying the charges, against three priests, a deacon, two seminarians and a cameraman

Dictatorship blocks CNN from broadcasting in Nicaragua

The international news network reported that it consulted with the government and cable operators about the measure but has not receive an answer

Monsignor Baez to the tyrants: “Those who carry crimes and injustices on their backs are heading for ruin”

The auxiliary bishop of Managua criticizes the blasphemous speeches and fabrication of lies and demands the freedom of political prisoners

Gioconda Belli: “There’s a vengeful madness” in Nicaragua

Nicaraguan writer assures that the citizens don’t protest because “they can kill them. The regime’s only strength is the army and the police.”