Relatives and human rights defenders denounce a deterioration in the health of the prisoners, who suffer from extreme weight loss and loss of teeth, malnutrition, memory problems, mobility and fainting, among others.
A total of 46 arrested, including seven former presidential hopefuls, were charged with undermining national integrity. At least 18 have already been found guilty and seven have been sentenced to between eight and 13 years in prison.
Added to this group are another 124 opponents detained during the protests in 2018, who called for Ortega’s resignation and left a balance of 355 dead as a result of the regime’s repression and more than 100,000 exiles, according to the IACHR.
“The death of the pp [preso político] Hugo Torres, 73, happened during his unjust and abusive incarceration by Ortega-Murillo,” said the head of the Department from Condition for Latin America, Brian Nichols, on Twitter. “Continuing to detain prisoners under these conditions – especially the older ones – is inadmissible. We urge their immediate release,” added.
the chancellor of Coast deliciousRodolfo Solano, expressed “concern” for the health of the detainees and in a statement urged Nicaragua to give guarantees of humanitarian attention, as well as to allow the visit of representatives of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights .
Meanwhile, the foreign minister PeruCésar Landa assured on his Twitter account that Torres died after his “arbitrary imprisonment” and pointed out that his country will continue to work for “the return of democracy and respect for human rights” in Nicaragua.
For the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights of the nations united (OACNUDH), Torres was imprisoned “in inhuman conditions and subjected to a criminal process without guarantees”.
The Organization of American States (OAS)Meanwhile, he considered “abominable” that there are prisoners with terminal illnesses who do not receive the necessary medical care.
The former president of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), Antonia Urrejola, highlighted on her social networks that Torres died “in prison and arbitrarily criminalized” and made a call about “the urgent situation” of those detained in Nicaragua.
“Many are at serious risk to their health and lives,” he warned.
The Costa Rica-based Center for Justice and International Law (Cejil) demanded that the authorities “unconditionally release” all prisoners in a statement delivered to AFP. What happened to Torres “should not go unpunished.”
El Cejil recalled that the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (Court-IDH) ordered the immediate release of Torres and of all the imprisoned persons on repeated occasions, but “the Nicaraguan State has ignored it, entering into contempt.”
The Nicaraguan prosecutor’s office did not specify the cause of Torres’ death, and said that “from the moment his health deteriorated, he was transferred to a hospital in the capital to be treated properly.”
But former guerrilla Mónica Baltodano, in exile, assured that Torres was taken to the hospital on December 17 in an already unconscious state.
Daniel Ortega, 76, in power since 2007, was elected for a fourth successive term in the November elections, considered fraudulent by the international community.
He faces sanctions from the United States and the European Union, which accuse him of corruption and violation of human rights.
Source: Ambito
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