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Motion for a European 合法博彩网站 resolution on the repression by the Ortega-Murillo regime in Nicaragua, targeting human rights defenders, political opponents and religious communities in particular

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鈥�听having regard to its previous resolutions on Nicaragua,

鈥�听having regard to Rule 150(5) of its Rules of Procedure,

A.听whereas since 2018 Nicaragua鈥檚 Ortega-Murillo regime intensified repression, expanding the use of forced exile and citizenship revocation as ways to target government critics and human rights defenders; whereas over 450 people have been deprived of Nicaraguan nationality since February 2023; whereas the situation is exploited by smuggling gangs operating across the region, often in collaboration with Ortega-aligned regimes in Venezuela and Cuba;

B.听whereas in January 2025 Nicaragua鈥檚 parliament ratified a constitutional amendment that elevates Ortega鈥檚 wife, Rosario Murillo, to the position of co-president and grants the Ortega-Murillo regime powers to coordinate all previously independent legislative, judicial, electoral and supervisory bodies;

C.听whereas the government has intensified its campaign against religious institutions, in particular the Catholic church; whereas since October 2023, Nicaragua has forced over 240 religious figures, including 46 priests and bishops, into exile, deported them, or barred their return to the country: whereas Bishop Rolando 脕lvarez was sentenced to 26 years in prison and later forced into exile; whereas dozens of churches have had their legal status revoked and around 80 percent of NGO that operated in Nicaragua were shut down, including charitable organization; whereas in January 2025 around 30 Poor Clare nuns and the Discalced Carmelite friars were forced into exile;

1.听Strongly condemns the Ortega-Murillo regime鈥檚 widespread perpetration of systematic and deliberate human rights violations against its population for purely political reasons; expresses concern听 about the manipulation of criminal law and the use of the justice system as a tool to criminalise the exercise of civil and political rights, as well as the freedom of religion and belief;

2.听Condemns recent attacks on the leadership of the Catholic Church; denounces the repression against political opposition figures and Christian believers, as well as human rights defenders and journalists; urges the Nicaraguan regime to immediately end the repression and restore full respect for all human rights, including freedom of expression, religion and belief;

3.听Calls for the immediate and unconditional release of all imprisoned religious leaders and political prisoners, and for all legal proceedings against them to be annulled; condemns the abusive detention and the lack of trial guarantees and the illegal convictions of political prisoners;

4.听Calls on the authorities to restore Nicaraguan citizenship to all those from whom it has been arbitrarily and illegally removed;

5.听Calls on the government to reinstate the legal status of all civil society organizations and to unfreeze the bank accounts of universities, non-governmental organizations and religious groups;

6.听Deplores Nicaragua鈥檚 bond with authoritarian regimes in Havana and Caracas, as well as political, and military strategic alignment with Russia and China;

7.听Reiterates its call for the list of individuals and entities sanctioned by the EU to be expanded, and to cooperate with the US on fighting human trafficking gangs and drug cartels;

8.听Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the 合法博彩网站 and Government of Nicaragua.