Talks Between US, Nicaragua Lead to Prisoner Release

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Published SEP 6 2024

Talks Between US, Nicaragua Lead to Prisoner Release

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Above: Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega Image copyright: Jesus Vargas/Stringer /Getty Images News via Getty Images

The Spin

This was a diplomatic victory for the US, which successfully negotiated the release of 135 political prisoners from President Ortega's dictatorship without offering anything in return. Ortega's arbitrary arrests and incarceration of members of the opposition and NGOs, and stripping dissidents of their nationality, must cease. No one should have to risk getting arrested for peacefully exercising their fundamental rights of free expression, assocation, and religtion.

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