human rights defender
Gustavo Adolfo Mendoza Beteta
Actions and Campaigns
Gustavo Adolfo Mendoza Beteta
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
HRD's year of birth
1984
HRD's Gender
Man
Type of HRD
- Social and community leader
- Whistle blower
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) Gustavo Adolfo Mendoza Beteta joined the protests in April 2018 to defend the rights of his relatives affected by the reforms to the Nicaraguan Social Security Institute (INSS) proposed by Daniel Ortega's regime.
Detained since
Jul 29, 2020
Date of release
Feb 9, 2023
Charge(s)
- Other
Sentence
(AI translated) 10 years imprisonment and a fine of 500 days corresponding to C$31,195
Latitude: 12.183752347983708
Longitude: -86.08590737952117
Geolocation of detention
Country or area of detention
Region of detention
- Americas: Latin America and the Caribbean
Location of detention - City/Town
Tipitapa
Location of detention - Facility
Sistema Penitenciario Jorge Navarro, conocido como Carcel La Modelo
Recent case update / evolution
(AI translated) Exiled and stripped of his nationality and property.
On 24/11/2022, the defence requested that the authorities at La Modelo Prison refer the defendant for a medical assessment by the IML due to health problems.
On 7 February 2023, the defence was sent a court notification declaring him a traitor to the country and stripping him of his civil rights.
Any other relevant documents
(AI translated) Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), Precautionary Measures No. MC 96-21https://www.oas.org/es/cidh/decisiones/mc/2021/res_37-21_mc_96-21_ni_es.pdf
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- Country(ies) of nationality
- HRD's year of birth
- 1984
- HRD's Gender
- Man
- Type of HRD
- Social and community leader
- Whistle blower
- HRD's thematic area of engagement
- Civil and political rights
- HRD's Picture
- HRD's bio and work
(AI translated) Gustavo Adolfo Mendoza Beteta joined the protests in April 2018 to defend the rights of his relatives affected by the reforms to the Nicaraguan Social Security Institute (INSS) proposed by Daniel Ortega's regime.
- HRD's geographical origin
- Urban
- Country or area of detention
- Region of detention
- Americas: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Location of detention - City/Town
- Tipitapa
- Location of detention - Facility
- Sistema Penitenciario Jorge Navarro, conocido como Carcel La Modelo
- Geolocation of detention
Latitude: 12.183752347983708
Longitude: -86.08590737952117
- Geolocation of detention
- Detained since
- Jul 29, 2020
- Current Status
- Released
- Date of release
- Feb 9, 2023
- Charge(s)
- Other
- Sentence
(AI translated) 10 years imprisonment and a fine of 500 days corresponding to C$31,195
- Recent case update / evolution
(AI translated) Exiled and stripped of his nationality and property.
On 24/11/2022, the defence requested that the authorities at La Modelo Prison refer the defendant for a medical assessment by the IML due to health problems.
On 7 February 2023, the defence was sent a court notification declaring him a traitor to the country and stripping him of his civil rights.
- Allegations / reports of ill-treatment
(AI translated) On 11 May 2018, he was arrested and beaten by police officers, taken to the Managua District II Police Unit, where the assault continued until his collarbone was fractured.
On 7 June 2019, he was convicted in a trial riddled with irregularities for alleged aggravated robbery against a police officer. On 30 December 2019, he was released along with 90 other political prisoners, but was harassed at his home by police and parapolice officers and detained on at least two occasions.
On 1 February 2020, the police raided his parents' home without a warrant, arresting him for the second time. He was released two days later, but on 29 July 2020, he was arrested again, first accused of disturbing public order and then, according to police officers, of drug possession, for which he was tried and sentenced to 10 years in prison.
He was held in a small cell with 20 other people, without minimum hygiene conditions, without ventilation, sleeping on the floor and receiving raw food. He was also the victim of assaults and threats by prison officers and other state authorities.
- Protection actions and campaigns
- Any other relevant documents
(AI translated) Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), Precautionary Measures No. MC 96-21https://www.oas.org/es/cidh/decisiones/mc/2021/res_37-21_mc_96-21_ni_es.pdf
- Documented by
- Consent status
- Consent to register, store and publish the information
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