the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IDH court) convicted Nicaraguan system Charged with the forced disappearance of the retired colonel Jose Ramon Silva Reyeswho was arrested in 1983 by agents of the General Directorate of State Security (DGSE).
According to the ruling, Silva Reyes was deprived of his freedom on October 30, 1983 after he was tricked into leaving the Guatemalan embassy in Managua, as part of a General Directorate of External Security operation.
The court confirmed that Silva Reyes had been missing since that moment and that Nicaragua had not provided information about his whereabouts, confining itself to confirming that the colonel had fled from the embassy, without official records of his arrest or release. The court decided so Arrest This happened without a court order And in Secret conditionsconstitutes a Arbitrary deprivation of liberty.
According to the complaint filed by Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (Inter-American Commission on Human Rights), the case goes back to 1979, when Silva Reyes, a former National Guard officer and after the victory of the Sandinista Revolution, sought political asylum with his family members at the Guatemalan embassy. During his years of asylum, he repeatedly requested safe passage, but to no avail.
The court noted that Silva Reyes was the same At risk of violence and execution In the context of the repression against former members of the National Guard, which led to a violation of the right to life and personal safety. Furthermore, the document indicates that the regime failed in its duty to investigate and search for the victim, despite having known about the events since at least 1990.
The ruling states that the state’s lack of action and the absence of real measures constitute a violation of judicial guarantees, judicial protection, and the right of family members to know the truth. The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights highlighted the deep and lasting emotional impact on the family, which has suffered pain, stigma and uncertainty for more than forty years.
The Organization of American States demanded the system Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo Implementation kit Reform measures. Some of them were ordered to start Search instantly to Jose Ramon Silva Reyesas well as investigation Criminal investigations To fully clarify the events that occurred, identify all those responsible and involved, and proceed with their prosecution and punishment for the enforced disappearance of the retired colonel.
It is worth noting that the Inter-American Court announced the accession of Nicaragua Disrespect in 2022 for failure to respect interim measures relating to the release and protection of dissidents imprisoned under the Nicaraguan regime. Since then, Nicaragua has refused to comply with court orders or to send representatives to attend the hearings.
In January, judges also held the Sandinista regime responsible for what happened Nicaragua Due to the integrity of the electoral process 2011 and the arbitrary use of the state apparatus to ensure the re-election of the dictator Daniel Ortega.
In the Notification Act, the President of the Inter-American Court said, Nancy HernandezHe stated that the lack of guarantees in the elections made it easier for the president to remain in power, and stressed that both… Supreme Court of Justice Like him Supreme Election Council They acted biasedly, without providing effective judicial avenues to review complaints of wrongdoing.
The ruling determined that the dictatorship violated political rights, judicial guarantees and judicial protection Fabio Gadea Mantillaa 2011 presidential candidate who denounced several anomalies, including the unconstitutionality of reelection.
Judge Hernandez explained that the Supreme Court’s decisions, both constitutionally and generally, invalidated a constitutional provision expressly prohibiting the rerun of presidential elections. He announced that these decisions attempted to “give the appearance of legitimacy” to authorizing Ortega’s new candidacy.
(With information from EFE)
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