sick and forgotten
An urgent call to Nicaraguan society and the international community to join the fight for the release of political prisoners.
HAVANA TIMES – Relatives of Nicaragua’s 140+ political prisoners, united under the Group of United Political Hostages, made “an urgent call” to Nicaraguan civil society and the international community to join the “desperate cry” for freedom for the political prisoners. “Our prisoners are dying in jail and nobody seems to care about them,” they assert.
In a press release, the families of the political prisoners expressed their “desperation and concern” about the situation of their relatives, who — during each visit — ask if there are any negotiations or campaigns for their release. Upon learning that nothing is happening, they remain uncomfortably silent.
“We make an urgent call to international organizations and ask them to join our clamor, our desperate cry for freedom for the political prisoners in Nicaragua. Do not leave us alone; illness and the prison regime are consuming our loved ones,” they emphasize.
A member of the Group of United Political Hostages told CONFIDENCIAL that the feeling of abandonment experienced by political prisoners and their families has deepened since January, when the regime released and banished Monsignor Rolando Álvarez and 18 other religious political prisoners.
“There is a feeling among families that once Monsignor Álvarez was released, nobody says anything, as if he was the only political
