They had started a hunger strike at the La Modelo prison
The seven political prisoners were transferred to maximum security cells in retaliation for a hunger strike and remain isolated.
HAVANA TIMES – Starting a hunger strike while singing the National Anthem and other Nicaraguan songs was the trigger for the Ortega dictatorship to attack some of the political prisoners in the La Modelo prison, confining seven of them to maximum security cells. In addition, another was “savagely” beaten, and a contingent of 300 riot police intervened in the prison to “restore order.”
The Grupo de Secuestrados Políticos Unidos (Group of those kidnapped for political reasons) denounced that the political prisoners in gallery 16 began a strike as the only method of protest to demand better food, respect for their night rest, since the guards beat on the bars preventing them from sleeping, more frequent trips to the yard, more humane treatment by the guards and access to reading material.
However, the response of the prison authorities was more repression. On the afternoon of December 1, after the strike began, the guards transferred seven political prisoners “shackled and chained” to maximum security cells, confirmed a family member on the condition of anonymity. The prisoners remained eleven days without family packages and personal care supplies, “which constitutes a serious violation of their rights since they are exposed to illnesses because they do not have what is necessary for their hygiene,” states the group’s denunciation.
Abdul Montoya Vivas, 65 years old; Sergio Catarino Castilblanco, 37; Edubhin Sebastian Bermudez Sevilla, 61; Geovanny Lopez Acevedo – tiktoker-; a political prisoner named Montalvan, and an unidentified person remain alone in bolted cells of two by three meters, “punished simply for demanding their rights,” denounced the ex-political prisoner and human rights