In light of the persistent lack of information regarding the whereabouts, state of health and conditions of detention of prisoner of conscience Brooklyn Rivera, Amnesty International declared:
“Keeping Brooklyn Rivera in detention without information about his whereabouts and state of health, and without access to family members or lawyers, exacerbates the already extremely serious human rights violations he is facing. The Nicaraguan authorities have an obligation to demonstrate without delay that he is alive and to ensure that his rights are fully respected,” said Astrid Valencia, Deputy Director of Research for the Americas at Amnesty International.
The Nicaraguan authorities have an obligation to demonstrate without delay that he is alive and to ensure that his rights are fully respected.”
Astrid Valencia, Deputy Director of Research for the Americas at Amnesty International.
Amnesty International has repeatedly denounced the repressive apparatus of Daniel Ortega’s government, which has plunged the country into a deep human rights crisis. This crisis is evidenced by the dismantling of independent media and human rights organisations, the forced exile of hundreds of journalists and activists, and the criminalisation of human rights defenders, community leaders and critical voices.
“The lack of transparency regarding Brooklyn Rivera’s detention confirms a wider pattern of repression against Indigenous leaders, critical voices and civil society organisations in Nicaragua. He and all those detained solely for exercising their human rights must be released immediately and unconditionally,” concluded Valencia.
“The lack of transparency regarding Brooklyn Rivera’s detention confirms a wider pattern of repression against Indigenous leaders, critical voices and civil society organisations in Nicaragua.”
Astrid Valencia, Deputy Director of Research for the Americas at Amnesty International.
Arbitrary detentions and harassment of anyone who dissents from state policies or is perceived as an opponent, including Indigenous leaders such as Brooklyn Rivera, demonstrate the continuation of a pattern of repression aimed at silencing dissent and consolidating arbitrary and excessive state control through fear. According to a recent report by the Mechanism for the Recognition of Political Prisoners, at least 46 people remain detained for political reasons in Nicaragua, demonstrating that the case of Brooklyn Rivera forms part of a broader pattern of systematic persecution.
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