human rights defender

Yader de los Ángeles Parajón Gutiérrez

Actions and Campaigns

Organization affiliation

  • Articulación de Movimientos Sociales (AMS)
  • Asociación Madres de Abril (AMA)
  • Unidad Nacional Azul y Blanco (UNAB)

HRD's year of birth

1990

HRD's Gender

Man

Type of HRD

  • Social and community leader

HRD's thematic area of engagement

  • Civil and political rights

HRD's geographical origin

Urban

Current Status

Released

HRD's bio and work

(AI translated) A psychology student at the Central American University (UCA), where she joined the student protests over the burning of Indio Maíz and later the Mothers of April Association (AMA) after the death of her brother Jimmy Parajón, who was killed in May 2018 during the social protests.

Yader Parajón became one of the most prominent faces of the Mothers of April Association and travelled throughout South America with the International Solidarity Caravan with Nicaragua. He is also a member of the Blue and White National Unity (UNAB).

Detained since

Sep 5, 2021

Date of release

Feb 9, 2023

Charge(s)

  • Subversion

Sentence

(AI translated) 10 years in prison

Latitude: 12.096942985994628

Longitude: -86.2812758311463

Geolocation of detention

Country or area of detention

Region of detention

  • Americas: Latin America and the Caribbean

Location of detention - City/Town

Managua

Location of detention - Facility

Dirección de Auxilio Judicial «Evaristo Vásquez» conocido como el Nuevo Chipote

Allegations / reports of ill-treatment

(AI translated) Since his capture, he remained in punishment cells measuring 2 metres by 2 metres, together with other political prisoners. He was subjected to psychological torture because of his homosexuality, ill-treatment and beatings.

While in prison, he went on hunger strike to demand to be transferred to another cell.

Recent case update / evolution

(AI translated) Exiled and stripped of his nationality and property

On 07/02/23, a judicial notification was sent to the defence declaring him a traitor to the country and revoking his civil rights.

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