A large part of the last 94 Nicaraguans who were stripped of their nationality by the government of Daniel Ortega have signed a statement in which they denounce »the brutal aggression» against them by the »dictatorial regime of the Ortega Murillo family», asking the international community to condemn their »medieval and Nazi» actions.
After last February 15 the Nicaraguan Justice withdrew the nationality of 94 Nicaraguan citizens for the alleged commission of a crime of »treason to the homeland», 45 of them have signed a manifesto declaring that citizenship »is an inalienable right» and that nobody can take it away from them, as reported by ‘Confidencial’.
»We are and will be Nicaraguans until the end of our days, because we were born there and because we are an inseparable part of that brave, joyful and generous people. That is why we will continue fighting to have a homeland for all», said Edipcia Dubón, one of those affected by the decision of the Central American country’s courts.
According to Dubón, what »the regime intends» is to incite the opposition to become immobilized, »crushing civilly and politically» those who continue defending democracy.
(They want) us to waste our time trying to solve personal problems, instead of advancing in the struggle to reestablish democracy in Nicaragua», said the now stateless citizen, according to the newspaper.
The signatories have appealed »to all democratic governments, especially those of Latin America, to reject these »medieval and Nazi» acts, while thanking all the governments that have condemned »the dictatorship for the systematic violation of human rights» and those that have offered them their nationality.
In this respect, the ex-guerrilla Mónica Baltodano – whose name is on the list of the 94 stateless persons – has detailed that they have organized themselves in commissions to request meetings in different instances, both in Costa Rica and in other countries, with special emphasis on Brazil.
We make an emphatic call to the Brazilian president, Luis Inácio Lula Da Silva, to Brazil, to the Workers Party, to say that it is not possible that they are keeping silent with respect to what is happening in Nicaragua», Baltodano emphasized, thanking the governments of Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Ecuador and Uruguay, among others, for their position.
The Nicaraguan justice system denied citizenship to 94 exiled Nicaraguans who were accused by the Public Prosecutor’s Office for the alleged crimes of conspiracy and propagation of false news, reason for which they were declared »fugitives from justice» and all their belongings in the country were confiscated.
The decision took place a few days after 222 prisoners who were deported to the United States were stripped of their nationality, bringing to 316 the number of Nicaraguans who have lost their citizenship in the last weeks.
Source: (EUROPA PRESS)
