human rights defender
human rights defender
(AI translated) Continue the public denouncement of all the atrocities, abuses, and mistreatment that he endured as a victim of repression, and accompany his quest for justice.
2000
Woman
Urban
Released
(AI translated) Journalism student, young human rights defender, who actively participated in the social protests of 2018, providing first aid to injured people. In August 2018, after her participation in the protests and due to persecution by people linked to the ruling party, she exiled herself in Costa Rica for two years. During this time she did an internship at the Arias Foundation for Peace and was a co-founder of the collectives “Las Brujas de las Colmenas y la Red de Mujeres Pinoleras”, collectives dedicated to the fight for women's rights. On July 9, 2020, she returned to Nicaragua and joined the youth student sector of the Blue and White National Unity (UNAB), through the Alliance of Nicaraguan Youth and Students, where she continued to exercise her work as a defender of civil and political rights.
Sep 11, 2021
Sep 2, 2023
(AI translated) 8 years of prison
Latitude: 12.156695347062476
Longitude: -86.09295485281102
Tipitapa
Establecimiento Penitenciario Integral de Mujeres (EPIM), mejor conocido como «La Esperanza»
(AI translated) Due to her participation in the protests, she was harassed and threatened by people linked to the ruling party. She was detained on November 9, 2021, by plainclothes agents, who were motorized and armed. They stopped her car at a police checkpoint, opened the back doors of the vehicle, and a woman dressed in civilian clothes who was with the motorcyclists ordered her to get out of the vehicle. The police violently ripped off a blue and white bracelet she was wearing, verbally agitated her, and took her to an unknown destination. The next day, her family located her at the Third District of the National Police in Managua, where they gave her clothes and breakfast, but did not provide any information about the reasons for her detention. Every day, she was transferred to the Judicial Aid Directorate "El Chipote", where she was placed in a very small cell for several hours, where she could only sit or stand. Then she was taken to another room for interrogation, where she was informed that she was being accused of "sedition" because she was "plotting something" against the government, in addition to psychologically agitating her. During the first days of her detention, she was not given food or drinks, nor did she have access to her medications, despite suffering from constant migraines, gastritis, and drops in blood sugar. She also did not have access to her glasses. Twelve days after her arrest, she was charged with conspiracy to commit harm to national integrity and cybercrimes, and on December 1, 2021, she was transferred to the La Esperanza Penitentiary and placed in a maximum-security cell by herself. On January 10, 2022, she was moved to another cell where she shared space with two other human rights defenders who were deprived of their liberty, completely isolated from the rest of the inmates and under permanent custody 24 hours a day. They were strictly prohibited from interacting with others, and they were only allowed in the courtyard for 15 minutes, twice a week. They were also not allowed to purchase food or other necessities from the prison store. On February 16, 2022, she was transferred to her trial at 6:00 AM without breakfast or water, surrounded by 12 custodians and handcuffed with her hands forward, and placed in a small cell where she remained until 1:00 PM. At that time, they removed her handcuffs so that she could eat before returning her to the prison, as her trial was rescheduled. During her stay at the prison, her health deteriorated, and she suffered from high blood pressure and prison stress diagnosed by the prison psychologist, due to the conditions of isolation to which she was subjected for more than six months. Every day, she was subject to searches in the early hours of the morning. During visits from her family, photos and videos of them were taken, their telephone calls were recorded, and they were made to sign a document stating that the authorities had respected their rights. They were also prohibited from making statements or speaking about the health situation of the detained defenders or the prison conditions, on pain of suspending their visits or not allowing them to bring in parcels and medication. In addition, they were subjected to searches, ill-treatment, and threats by officials of the Prison System. On June 25, 2022, she was transferred to a cell-pavilion with 65 other common prisoners, where she was subjected to siege and harassment by these common prisoners, who follow orders from the custodians to obtain benefits. The risk of becoming a victim of physical aggression was evident, and the conditions in the cells were unsanitary, with pests such as cockroaches. In November 2022, Jirón's family members witnessed the threats, aggressions, and harassment that she received from common prisoners, who threatened to gag her, tie her feet and hands, beat her, and called her "daughter of a bitch, damned gate, golpista, parasite of society," among other insults. This has had sequelae on her health even after her release and exile. Defender Cinthia Samanta Jirón not only had her youth, family, home, and university career taken from her, but in an act of endless revenge and perversion, she was also stripped of her nationality. When she was released and exiled to the United States, she was deprived of her citizenship, leaving her stateless like many other human rights defenders and activists.
(AI translated) Sentence details: 8 years in prison plus a fine of 30,000 córdobas.
She was released on February 9, 2023, and banished to the United States. On February 10, she was stripped of her citizenship, leaving her stateless, so she decided to assume Spanish nationality and lives in exile in the United States, where she continues to exercise her defender role by conducting research on the impact of repression on Nicaraguans.
(AI translated) Cautionary Measures No. 265-22, 859-22 and 866-22, Resolution 68/2022, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights https://www.oas.org/en/iadh/decisions/mc/2022/res_68-2022_mc_265-22_859-22_866-22_sp.pdf
Inter-American Court of Human Rights Resolution of November 22, 2022, Provisional Measures, Juan Sebastián Chamorro et al. and 45 Persons Deprived of Liberty in 8 Detention Centers v. Nicaragua https://www.corteidh.or.cr/docs/medidas/45personas_en_02.pdf
Samantha Jirón, the first political prisoner exiled from Nicaragua to accept Spanish citizenship https://www.elmundo.es/international/2023/02/15/63ed3a53fdddff9e258b45c1.html
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(AI translated) Journalism student, young human rights defender, who actively participated in the social protests of 2018, providing first aid to injured people. In August 2018, after her participation in the protests and due to persecution by people linked to the ruling party, she exiled herself in Costa Rica for two years. During this time she did an internship at the Arias Foundation for Peace and was a co-founder of the collectives “Las Brujas de las Colmenas y la Red de Mujeres Pinoleras”, collectives dedicated to the fight for women's rights. On July 9, 2020, she returned to Nicaragua and joined the youth student sector of the Blue and White National Unity (UNAB), through the Alliance of Nicaraguan Youth and Students, where she continued to exercise her work as a defender of civil and political rights.
Latitude: 12.156695347062476
Longitude: -86.09295485281102
(AI translated) 8 years of prison
(AI translated) Sentence details: 8 years in prison plus a fine of 30,000 córdobas.
She was released on February 9, 2023, and banished to the United States. On February 10, she was stripped of her citizenship, leaving her stateless, so she decided to assume Spanish nationality and lives in exile in the United States, where she continues to exercise her defender role by conducting research on the impact of repression on Nicaraguans.
(AI translated) Due to her participation in the protests, she was harassed and threatened by people linked to the ruling party. She was detained on November 9, 2021, by plainclothes agents, who were motorized and armed. They stopped her car at a police checkpoint, opened the back doors of the vehicle, and a woman dressed in civilian clothes who was with the motorcyclists ordered her to get out of the vehicle. The police violently ripped off a blue and white bracelet she was wearing, verbally agitated her, and took her to an unknown destination. The next day, her family located her at the Third District of the National Police in Managua, where they gave her clothes and breakfast, but did not provide any information about the reasons for her detention. Every day, she was transferred to the Judicial Aid Directorate "El Chipote", where she was placed in a very small cell for several hours, where she could only sit or stand. Then she was taken to another room for interrogation, where she was informed that she was being accused of "sedition" because she was "plotting something" against the government, in addition to psychologically agitating her. During the first days of her detention, she was not given food or drinks, nor did she have access to her medications, despite suffering from constant migraines, gastritis, and drops in blood sugar. She also did not have access to her glasses. Twelve days after her arrest, she was charged with conspiracy to commit harm to national integrity and cybercrimes, and on December 1, 2021, she was transferred to the La Esperanza Penitentiary and placed in a maximum-security cell by herself. On January 10, 2022, she was moved to another cell where she shared space with two other human rights defenders who were deprived of their liberty, completely isolated from the rest of the inmates and under permanent custody 24 hours a day. They were strictly prohibited from interacting with others, and they were only allowed in the courtyard for 15 minutes, twice a week. They were also not allowed to purchase food or other necessities from the prison store. On February 16, 2022, she was transferred to her trial at 6:00 AM without breakfast or water, surrounded by 12 custodians and handcuffed with her hands forward, and placed in a small cell where she remained until 1:00 PM. At that time, they removed her handcuffs so that she could eat before returning her to the prison, as her trial was rescheduled. During her stay at the prison, her health deteriorated, and she suffered from high blood pressure and prison stress diagnosed by the prison psychologist, due to the conditions of isolation to which she was subjected for more than six months. Every day, she was subject to searches in the early hours of the morning. During visits from her family, photos and videos of them were taken, their telephone calls were recorded, and they were made to sign a document stating that the authorities had respected their rights. They were also prohibited from making statements or speaking about the health situation of the detained defenders or the prison conditions, on pain of suspending their visits or not allowing them to bring in parcels and medication. In addition, they were subjected to searches, ill-treatment, and threats by officials of the Prison System. On June 25, 2022, she was transferred to a cell-pavilion with 65 other common prisoners, where she was subjected to siege and harassment by these common prisoners, who follow orders from the custodians to obtain benefits. The risk of becoming a victim of physical aggression was evident, and the conditions in the cells were unsanitary, with pests such as cockroaches. In November 2022, Jirón's family members witnessed the threats, aggressions, and harassment that she received from common prisoners, who threatened to gag her, tie her feet and hands, beat her, and called her "daughter of a bitch, damned gate, golpista, parasite of society," among other insults. This has had sequelae on her health even after her release and exile. Defender Cinthia Samanta Jirón not only had her youth, family, home, and university career taken from her, but in an act of endless revenge and perversion, she was also stripped of her nationality. When she was released and exiled to the United States, she was deprived of her citizenship, leaving her stateless like many other human rights defenders and activists.
(AI translated) Continue the public denouncement of all the atrocities, abuses, and mistreatment that he endured as a victim of repression, and accompany his quest for justice.
(AI translated) Cautionary Measures No. 265-22, 859-22 and 866-22, Resolution 68/2022, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights https://www.oas.org/en/iadh/decisions/mc/2022/res_68-2022_mc_265-22_859-22_866-22_sp.pdf
Inter-American Court of Human Rights Resolution of November 22, 2022, Provisional Measures, Juan Sebastián Chamorro et al. and 45 Persons Deprived of Liberty in 8 Detention Centers v. Nicaragua https://www.corteidh.or.cr/docs/medidas/45personas_en_02.pdf
Samantha Jirón, the first political prisoner exiled from Nicaragua to accept Spanish citizenship https://www.elmundo.es/international/2023/02/15/63ed3a53fdddff9e258b45c1.html
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