Who are the people convicted of treason in Nicaragua? this we know

94 people are convicted of treason in Nicaragua 3:49

(CNN Spanish) -

After the announcement this Wednesday of the judges of the criminal districts that they determined to sentence 94 people accused of treason in Nicaragua, some of those convicted have reacted.

this is what we know

We will update this list as the names of the convicted are pronounced and known.

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Monsignor Silvio José Báez

Silvio Jose Baez Ortega.

The auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Managua, who is in exile in the United States, said on his Twitter account:

"God of life and liberation! I thank you for being Nicaraguan, a pride that no one can ever take away from me. I ask you to guide us on the path towards the liberation of our country, where the people are oppressed and your saint Persecuted Church. Through Christ, Our Lord."

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+God of life and liberation!

I thank you for being Nicaraguan, a pride that no one can ever take away from me.

I ask you to guide us on the path towards the liberation of our country, where the people are oppressed and your holy Church persecuted.

Through Christ, Our Lord pic.twitter.com/0c6jrbVXSK

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— Silvio José Báez (@silviojbaez) February 16, 2023

Gioconda Belli

The novelist, poet and activist is also part of the list of condemned.

After the decision became known, on his Twitter account he shared several fragments of his poem "Nicaragua":

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(From my poem Nicaragua)

I tear your hair from those who sell you, steal and abuse you,

I tell you stories in the corner of my pillow,

I tuck you in and cover your eyes

so you don't see the executioners who come to cut off your head.@ ReportNi

— Gioconda Belli (@GiocondaBelliP) February 16, 2023

Vilma Nunez de Escorcia

The Nicaraguan Center for Human Rights (Cenidh) issued a statement about its president, Vilma Núñez De Escorcia, also included on the list, saying that she "will not silence the voice" of the organization.

The "IACHR repudiates Nicaragua's decision to arbitrarily deprive defender Doña Vilma Nuñez de Escorcia of her nationality along with 93 other people for defending human rights. Urges to protect her life and integrity in accordance with the provisional measures granted by @CorteIDH".

🇳🇮 #IACHR repudiates #Nicaragua's decision to arbitrarily deprive defender Doña Vilma Nuñez de Escorcia of her nationality along with 93 other people for defending human rights.

Urges to protect her life and integrity in accordance with the provisional measures granted by @CorteIDH pic.twitter.com/puOPJifpiq

— IACHR - IACHR (@CIDH) February 16, 2023

What does it mean that these people have been convicted of treason?

The decision represents the stripping of nationality and their citizen rights in perpetuity, an absolute and special disqualification from holding public office, holding public office, as well as holding positions of popular election, according to the judicial resolution published by official media.

The immobilization and confiscation in favor of the State of all real estate and companies that the sentenced have registered in their favor was also ordered.

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The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights rejected the judicial decision on Twitter: "The information we are receiving is alarming about the State's arbitrary decision to declare 94 people traitors to the homeland without even a trial, to strip them of their nationality and patrimony, and declare them fugitives from justice. We strongly condemn this new wave of #HR violations and call on the State to immediately cease the persecution and reprisals against human rights defenders and dissident voices, and restore them all their rights and liberties".

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