More Journalists Forced into Exile: “Resisting to Continue Reporting”
Journalists Julio Lopez, David Quintana and Sergio Marin tell Confidencial the reasons for their departure from Nicaragua.
15 julio, 2021
The repressive escalation of the regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo targets the country’s independent press, leading to the exile of at least twenty more journalists in recent weeks. The Independent Journalists and Communicators of Nicaragua (PCIN) monitors the situation.
Julio Lopez, a journalist for Onda Local; David Quintana, from the Boletin Ecologico; and Sergio Marin, from La Mesa Redonda, are three of the journalists forced to leave their country to safeguard their freedom.
Interrogations and intimidation at the Peñas Blancas border post, in Nicaragua
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IAPA: The Ortega-Murillo Regime Seeks to Silence any Questioning of its Power
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Gaddafi’s Nephew: Ortega Treats “Traitors” with “Mercy”
Muhammad Lasthar, with the rank of minister, justifies the new wave of repression, which has left 21 jailed in June.
3 julio, 2021
Muhammad Lasthar, nephew of the late Libyan dictator Muhammad Gaddafi, a close ally to Daniel Ortega, is a minister in his cabinet. He serves as the advisor on Africa, the Middle East and Arab countries to the Daniel Ortega regime. On Thursday he said that several Nicaraguan citizens on whom there is “evidence” that they committed the crime of “treason,” have been treated with “mercy.”
Accustomed to a low profile in the Ortega government, Lasthar has been closely linked to the ruling family even participating as a founding shareholder of Channel 13, led by three of Ortega and Murillo’s children.
Defender of two presidential pre-candidates leaves Nicaragua due to threats
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