Nicaragua releases another 50 people jailed for protesting against President Daniel Ortega's government, bringing the number freed since late February to about 200.
Prisoner Franklin Perez, 29, hugs his son and his mother Lidia in his home after he was released to house arrest, in Managua, Nicaragua, Friday, April 5, 2019. Perez is among the 50 people released Friday who had been jailed for protesting against President Daniel Ortega's government. However charges were not dropped against the demonstrators. Instead they were for the most part transferred to a form of house arrest, short of the unrestricted freedom that the opposition has demanded.
Opponents of Ortega have said more than 640 people were being held for political reasons, jailed in protests that broke out a year ago against the government. Ortega officials say the actual number is far smaller. “We were not advised” about Friday’s releases, Solís said. “We had agreed to implement the exit of the prisoners according to what was agreed with the government and the Red Cross.”
The ministry did not specify whether all 50 were among those deemed political prisoners by the opposition. The releases came two days after the conclusion of negotiations between the government and the opposition where Ortega’s representatives committed to “complete” release by mid-May of protesters, some of whom have been behind bars for nearly a year. The government also agreed to the nullification of trials, convictions and outstanding arrest warrants.
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