Eber Acevedo, a lawyer for the Permanent Commission on Human Rights (CPDH), denounced that the Police, Prosecutor’s Office and the judiciary continue to violate the human and constitutional rights of lawyer María Oviedo Delgado, who was allegedly taken to the cells of the Directorate of Human Rights. Judicial Assistance (DAJ), known as the new Chipote.
Oviedo is the coordinator of the CPDH’s special legal team that represents political prisoners and was arrested on the night of July 29 when, together with her children, she visited her mother’s house, in the city of León.
“We want to continue denouncing the serious violation of the human rights of Dr. María del Socorro Oviedo Delgado, since the only thing she has done in this country is to defend human rights, that is why she has been criminalized, that is why she is in a illegal detention for 14 days. It is not possible that after 14 days Dr. Oviedo could not have communication with her defense attorney, who in this case is me, “Acevedo denounced.
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In the last three months, 32 Nicaraguans, including the human rights defender, have been detained in Nicaragua. Among these there are seven presidential candidates: Cristiana Chamorro Barrios, Félix Maradiaga, Arturo Cruz, Juan Sebastián Chamorro, Medardo Mairena, Miguel Mora and Noel Vidaurre; as well as opposition leaders from different political platforms, the youth sector, the Campesino Movement and former ambassadors.
Without getting an answer
The lawyer explained that he has filed six briefs with Judge Alvir Ramos, head of the Seventh Criminal District Court of Hearing, but has refused to respond. Among the legal actions in favor of Oviedo is the introduction of two appeals for personal exhibition for the Police to present it before an executing judge and set it free.
According to a statement from the Public Ministry, Oviedo is being investigated by the Police “for having indications that it has attacked Nicaraguan society and the rights of the people, in accordance with Law 1055, Law for the Defense of the Rights of the People to Independence , Sovereignty and Self-Determination for Peace, and the Penal Code. In addition, he has allegedly carried out acts that undermine the independence, sovereignty and self-determination of Nicaragua. It has also celebrated the imposition of sanctions against the State of Nicaragua and its citizens. “
«María Oviedo is in illegal detention, since Law 1055 is not a criminal law, it is not a law that allows the Police to have unlimited powers, to detain a person without a court order, to search their house, to take them away in something that borders on kidnapping because (keeping) María Oviedo (that) is only done by kidnappers, not by a State authority. We have filed complaints with the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice for the denial of the appeal for illegal detention and we have not had a response to that either, “Acevedo questioned.
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He said that they sought information from Oviedo in El Chipote, but the officers have denied it and only told them that they can bring him water. He reported that the Prosecutor’s Office did not show him evidence or reasons why the lawyer is being investigated.
«After 14 days in which she has not been able to speak with her defense attorney or with her relatives, this definitely denotes the lack of institutionalism in this country and we say this because we have introduced a number of resources before the corresponding authority, however They have ignored it and this is a right that we Nicaraguans have and it is supported by the Constitution and the laws. However, here the abuses and arbitrariness committed by different officials border on our constitutional rights, “complained Marcos Carmona, secretary general of the CPDH.
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