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More than 200 freed Nicaraguan anti-government protesters, opposition leaders en route to US

Police face demonstrators at the Judicial Assistance Directorate, a holding center known as "El Chipote", after the arrests of anti-government protesters in Managua, Nicaragua, in April 2018. Some 222 inmates were released on February 9, 2023. © Alfredo Zuniga, AP

Some 222 inmates considered by many to be political prisoners of the government of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega flew to Washington on Thursday, a senior Biden administration official confirmed.

The government of Nicaragua decided “unilaterally” to release 222 individuals whom they had imprisoned, said the official, who agreed to speak on condition of anonymity. The official noted that some of those released had spent years in prison under terrible conditions for apparently exercising fundamental rights.

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