A leading congressional voice on human rights said he hopes a hearing highlighting abuses by Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega’s regime will push the Biden administration and Congress to take even tougher measures against the leader.
The State Department’s most recent annual survey of global human rights, released this week, again singled out Nicaragua for harsh criticism, citing what U.S. officials say were credible reports of killings, arrests and torture by the regime, as well as inhumane conditions in the country’s prisons. Human rights groups say the situation has deteriorated badly after the government suppressed widespread public protests in 2018 that Mr.
Pope Francis denounced the moves against Catholic Church members as the actions of a “dictatorship.” He said Mr.was “unstable.” In response, the regime announced it was “suspending” diplomatic relations with the Vatican. The House hearing was also called to highlight the treatment of the Bishop Alvarez, who was sentenced to 26 years in prison on Feb. 10.
“What we’re doing is calling for his release, [and] calling for any of us … to go and visit him in prison, but that’s probably not going to happen,” Mr.If a visit is blocked, he said, it would be good “if the International Committee of the Red Cross could get in and ascertain how well or poorly — and it’s probably the latter — [the bishop] and the others are being treated.
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