About 146 Nicaraguan opponents were arrested in 2023

At least 146 Nicaraguansmainly opponents and critics with the government he presides over Daniel Ortegawere arrested in Nicaragua of the National Police in the first half of 2023, according to the report published this Wednesday by the so-called Blue and white surveillance.

From January 1 to June 30, there were them 519 incidents related to human rights violations in Nicaragua, incl 146 arrestsit is detailed Blue and white surveillancewhose reports have been confirmed by Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR).

Of the 146 recorded arrests, authorities released more than 90 who were caught in mass raids, the report said.

Hours or days after being arrested and charged with crimes considered “treason,” most are sent home under precautionary measures, which they must periodically sign at their municipality’s police or justice offices.

From 519 incidents related to human rights violations, 146 there were arrests, 114 harassment, 102 prosecution incidents, 47 threats, 43 territorial social control, 33 migration repression, 25 deletion of legal entities/confiscation, i 9 aggression, specified the Blue-White monitoring.

The months of April and May recovered 218 and 160 complaints about human rights violations, that is, that observatory emphasized.

“Holy Week, the persecution of the Catholic Church and the anniversary of the protests in April 2018, are the events that marked the most repression in the last three months,” he explained. Blue and white surveillance.

Managua, Chinandega, Masaya and the Southern Caribbean Autonomous Region were the most affected departments (provinces) in the first six months of this year, the Observatory noted.

ATMOSPHERE OF “TERROR” AND SELF-CENSORSHIP

“Political persecutions have caused an atmosphere of terror and self-censorship among the population,” he warned.

Likewise, the Blue-White Monitoring stated that they recorded 33 complaints in which the right to enter, exit and/or free movement of people in Nicaragua is violated.

According to the Mechanism for the Recognition of Political Prisoners, there were at least 64 “political prisoners” in Nicaragua as of June 19.

Monsignor is among the 64 opponents or critics of Ortega who are still in prison Rolando Jose Alvarez Lagosbishop of the diocese of Matagalpa and apostolic administrator of the diocese of Estelí, both in northern Nicaragua, who was sentenced to more than 26 years in prison on charges of “betrayal”.

Also a journalist Victor Ticayassociate of Channel 10 local television, freed from opposition Olesia Auxiliadora Muñoz Pavónand student leader Jason Salazar.

Nicaragua has been going through a political and social crisis since April 2018, which worsened after the controversial general elections on November 7, 2021, in which Ortega was re-elected for a fifth term, fourth in a row and second together with his wife Rosario Murillo, as vice president, with the main competitors in prison or in exile.