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Nicaragua Strips Nationality Of 135 Exiled Political Prisoners

Released Nicaraguan political prisoners wave as they leave on a bus after their arrival at the Guatemala City Air Base on September 5, 2024. The United States said Thursday it had secured the release of 135 political prisoners from Nicaragua, the latest mass transfer by President Daniel Ortega's increasingly authoritarian government. (Credit: AFP)

Nicaragua on Tuesday revoked the nationality of 135 former political prisoners who were freed and flown to Guatemala last week in a deal negotiated by the United States.

The punishment was announced in a statement from the judiciary, which rights activists say operates under the control of President Daniel Ortega as he cracks down hard on dissenters.

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