Nicaragua: a journalist and opposing condemned for “violation of national integrity”

This is the sixth conviction delivered since 1 February, when the trials against opponents held since the presidential election of 2021 began.

Le Monde

Convictions of opponents continue to Nicaragua. The journalist and former aspiring as the presidency of this Central American, Miguel Mora, was convicted, Friday, February 4, “undermining the national integrity”, at the end of a closed process, according to his lawyer.

Mr. Mora’s trial was held in a Managua prison, El Chipote, where most of the 46 opponents arrested last year, before the presidential held in November 2021 by Daniel Ortega for the fourth consecutive time.

The Prosecutor required Mr. Mora fifteen years in prison, said his lawyer, Gerardo Gonzalez. The 53-year-old man was the 100% NOTICIAS private chain director, very active in denouncing the repression of the 2018 anti-government demonstrations, which had been seized by the state the same year. According to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACH), at least 355 people were killed in 2018 in the country when repression.

His candidacy for the presidency canceled in 2021

It had shown last year its intention to be a candidate for the Presidency of Nicaragua for the Democratic Restoration Party, one of the three main opposition parties, in the elections of November 7, but his candidacy had been canceled by The electoral court. “He did not commit any crime and I continue to hope for his release,” said his wife, Journalist Veronica Chavez, at the end of the trial.

This is the sixth declaration of guilty delivered since the beginning of the trials against opponents held in Nicaragua, the February. For the moment, no sentence has been made public. Thursday, already two opposition figures to President Daniel Ortega, an ex-guerrilla and a student leader, had been convicted of “conspiracy”, according to a human rights organization.

/Media reports.