Nicaragua -- a year of repression (April 17, 2019)
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Nicaragua's government released 636 prisoners yesterday -- ahead of the one-year anniversary of violently repressed protests against President Daniel Ortega. The government framed it as a gesture of goodwill and said the number included 36 people arrested during demonstrations. But the opposition Alianza Cívica said only 18 of those released were political detainees. The release of hundreds of political prisoners is among the primary opposition demands, along with early elections. Advocates said the government has been tricky, and that several prisoners that figure as freed remain incarcerated. (
Nicaragua -- a year of repression (April 17, 2019)
Nicaragua -- a year of repression (April 17…
Nicaragua -- a year of repression (April 17, 2019)
Nicaragua's government released 636 prisoners yesterday -- ahead of the one-year anniversary of violently repressed protests against President Daniel Ortega. The government framed it as a gesture of goodwill and said the number included 36 people arrested during demonstrations. But the opposition Alianza Cívica said only 18 of those released were political detainees. The release of hundreds of political prisoners is among the primary opposition demands, along with early elections. Advocates said the government has been tricky, and that several prisoners that figure as freed remain incarcerated. (