#political-prisoners

#political-prisoners

Nicaragua's co-presidents, Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, resorted on Tuesday to an old whitewashing tactic: releasing and parading political prisoners who had been forcibly disappeared. The move comes on the eve of a crucial decision for the Sandinista regime: the Trump administration will have to determine whether to expel the country from the Dominican RepublicCentral AmericaUnited States Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA)

"Think of all the things you need each day to brush your teeth, get dressed, eat," Julia said. "In prison, life goes on, but you don't get any money."

These cells had held Tom Manning and Ray Luc. They held Mutulu Shakur and Oscar López Rivera. Now I joined my elders in maintaining my resistance while buried in the Rockies,

The president, Paul Kagame, heralded as the man who stopped the 1994 genocide, was quietly becoming yet another strongman on the African continent.

Among those released on Friday were prominent rivals of former President Joko Widodo, including Hasto Kristiyanto, who was jailed during his term for bribery.