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<div class="at-above-post addthis_tool" data-url="http://www.metro.us/nicaragua-strips-citizenship-from-94-political-opponents/"></div>MEXICO CITY (AP) — Nicaragua cancelled the citizenship of 94 political opponents Wednesday, including writers Sergio Ramírez and Gioconda Belli. Appeals Court Justice Ernesto Rodríguez Mejía read a statement that declared the 94 people to be “traitors” and said they had lost their Nicaraguan citizenship. Mejía said their properties would be confiscated. He said those […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via...

Nicaragua has canceled the citizenship of 94 political opponents, including writers Sergio Ramírez and Gioconda Belli, whom it has labeled 'traitors.'

Nicaragua cancelled the citizenship of 94 political opponents Wednesday, including writers Sergio Ramírez and Gioconda Belli. Appeals Court Justice Ernesto Rodríguez Mejía read a statement that declared the 94 people to be “traitors” and said they had lost their Nicaraguan citizenship. Mejía said their properties would be confiscated. He said those on the list —…

Some of country’s most celebrated writers and journalists targeted as critics condemn ‘totalitarian drift’ under 77-year-old president

President Daniel Ortega intensifies his political crackdown, stripping 94 of the most prominent Nicaraguan writers, journalists and human rights activists of citizenship. They lose all their rights.