• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • TikTok
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
CDE Almería – Centro de Documentación Europea – Universidad de Almería

CDE Almería - Centro de Documentación Europea - Universidad de Almería

Centro de Documentación Europea de la Universidad de Almería

  • HOME
  • WHAT´S ON
    • EU BULLETINS
    • EU NEWS
    • Activities
    • EU Calls and Awards
    • Radio Program «Europe with You»
  • DOCUMENTATION
    • Bibliographic Collection
      • Almería EDC Digital Collection
      • UNIVERSITY OF ALMERIA LIBRARY
    • Documentation by topic
    • EU Media Collection
      • Web Space
      • MEDIATHEQUE REPOSITORY
  • Europe on the net
    • Institutions
    • EU Representation in Spain
    • European information network of Andalusia
    • EU official journal
  • ABOUT US
    • Presentation
    • People
    • Contact
  • English
  • Spanish

EU must sanction judges responsible for repression in Nicaragua

Inicio » EU News » Defence & Security » International Safety and Defence Politics » EU must sanction judges responsible for repression in Nicaragua

13 de June de 2022

The European Parliament on 9th June condemned the persecution of the opposition, the press and civil society in Nicaragua and called on the EU to take measures to stop the repressive drift in the country.

La UE debe sancionar a los jueces responsables de la represión en Nicaragua

In a resolution adopted with 524 votes in favour, 17 against and 29 abstentions, the fifth on Nicaragua in this parliamentary term, MEPs denounced the abusive detention, lack of due process and illegal convictions of political prisoners that have taken place in Nicaragua. The text urges the Nicaraguan authorities to immediately release those detained since April 2018, annul their judicial proceedings and allow the return of refugees and exiles.

According to Parliament, the illegitimate court rulings confirm the repressive drift of the Nicaraguan regime “with the blatant connivance of the judiciary”, aimed at silencing dissidents. The lack of separation of powers and the total control of institutions by the regime has resulted in the subjugation of the judiciary and the Prosecutor’s Office to the will of the regime, “with the aim of establishing a dictatorship”, the text notes.

“Judges have become a repressive arm responsible for human rights violations,” say MEPs, who call on the Council to immediately initiate the procedure to sanction more than a dozen of them.

The 2022 EU JUSTICE SCOREBOARD

The resolution underlines that at least 182 political opponents are imprisoned “in inhumane conditions”, seven of them presidential pre-candidates for the 2021 elections. It denounces the systematic abuses and torture to which they have been subjected and highlights the case of former rebel leader Hugo Torres, who died in prison, as well as the recent arrest of Father Manuel Salvador García.

The seriousness of the situation justifies, in its view, the opening of a formal investigation into Nicaragua and Daniel Ortega through the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity.

Parliament reiterates its call for Nicaragua to repeal several laws passed in recent years that restrict civic and democratic space, in particular the Special Law on Cybercrime, the Law on the Regulation of Foreign Agents and the Law on the Defence of the People’s Rights to Independence, Sovereignty and Self-Determination for Peace, as well as the reform of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

MEPs also insist that, in view of the circumstances, the EU should activate the democratic clause of the EU-Central America Association Agreement.

Finally, the resolution regrets that Managua voted against the expulsion of Russia from the UN Human Rights Council for the atrocities committed by its forces in Ukraine and that it abstained in the vote on the resolution that condemned the attack on Ukraine in March and demanded an end to the invasion.

¿Por qué existe el Tribunal de Justicia de la Unión Europea?

More information

European Parliament – News

Publicaciones relacionadas:

Feasibility of a future European army International Women’s Day: Parliament shows solidarity with Ukraine Kyiv is under siege and so is democracy – President Metsola to Ukraine Speaker We stand united in defending democracy and the rule of law Parliament wants to give more powers to Europol, but with supervision

“This is a space for debate. All comments, for or against publication, that are respectful and do not contain expressions that are discriminatory, defamatory or contrary to current legislation will be published”.

Reader Interactions

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Primary Sidebar

Publicaciones relacionadas


Feasibility of a future European army


International Women’s Day: Parliament shows solidarity with Ukraine


Kyiv is under siege and so is democracy – President Metsola to Ukraine Speaker


We stand united in defending democracy and the rule of law


Parliament wants to give more powers to Europol, but with supervision

Footer

Logotipo en negativo del Centro de Documentación Europea de Almería
  • CDE Almería
  • Edificio Parque Científico-Tecnológico (Pita)
  • Planta: 1ª, Despacho: 2904120.
  • Ctra. Sacramento s/n. Almería (Spain)
  • Teléfono: (+34) 950 015266

HOME
NEWS
DOCUMENTATION
EUROPE ON THE NET
ABOUT US

  • LEGAL NOTICE
  • PRIVACY POLICY
  • COOKIE POLICY
  • ACCESSIBILITY
  • SITEMAP

Copyright © 2023 CDE Almería · Creative Commons LicenseThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

<p>El Centro de Documentación Europea de la Universidad de Almería utiliza cookies propias y de terceros para facilitar al usuario la navegación en su página Web y el acceso a los distintos contenidos alojados en la misma. Asimismo, se utilizan cookies analíticas de terceros para medir la interacción de los usuarios con el sitio Web. Pinche el siguiente enlace si desea información sobre el uso de cookies y como deshabilitarlas. ajustes</p>

Politica de privacidad

El Centro de Documentación Europea de la Universidad de Almería utiliza cookies propias y de terceros para facilitar al usuario la navegación en su página Web y el acceso a los distintos contenidos alojados en la misma. Asimismo, se utilizan cookies analíticas de terceros para medir la interacción de los usuarios con el sitio Web. Pinche el siguiente enlace si desea información sobre el uso de cookies y como deshabilitarlas. <a href="/politica-de-cookies" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Más información</a>

Cookies estrictamente necesarias

Las cookies estrictamente necesarias tiene que activarse siempre para que podamos guardar tus preferencias de ajustes de cookies.

Básicamente la web no funcionara bien si no las activas.

Estas cookies son:

  • Comprobación de inicio de sesión.
  • Cookies de seguridad.
  • Aceptación/rechazo previo de cookies.

Si desactivas esta cookie no podremos guardar tus preferencias. Esto significa que cada vez que visites esta web tendrás que activar o desactivar las cookies de nuevo.

Cookies de terceros

Esta web utiliza Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager y Yandex Metrika para recopilar información anónima tal como el número de visitantes del sitio, o las páginas más populares.

Dejar estas cookies activas nos permite mejorar nuestra web.

¡Por favor, activa primero las cookies estrictamente necesarias para que podamos guardar tus preferencias!

Política de cookies

Pinche el siguiente enlace si desea información sobre el uso de cookies y como deshabilitarlas. Más información