UN calls on Nicaragua to free Bishop Álvarez and other political prisoners
Bishop Rolando Álvarez of the Diocese of Matagalpa, Nicaragua. / Credit: Diocese of MatagalpaACI Prensa Staff, Mar 7, 2023 / 13:15 pm (CNA).The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has called on the Nicaraguan dictatorship to release Bishop Rolando Álvarez and other political prisoners.The Daniel Ortega dictatorship in Nicaragua sentenced the bishop of Matagalpa to 26 years and four months in prison on Feb. 10 on several charges that included being a "traitor to the homeland."The sentence against Álvarez was issued just one day after the regime d...
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