US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said Nicaragua has released more than 200 political prisoners and sent them to the United States. This has been reported US Department of State website.
According to Blinken, this action is a constructive step towards solving human rights problems and improving relations between the two countries.
“Today, the United States hails the 222 people imprisoned and subjected to long and unjustified detentions by the government of Nicaragua for exercising their fundamental freedoms,” the Secretary of State said.
Blinken stated that the prisoners’ arrival in the United States was “a product of concerted American diplomacy.”
Previously at the US State Department declarationThe United States welcomes the release of “several political prisoners” in Belarus.
Reportedly, one of those released was a journalist from the Belarusian service of Radio Liberty (the organization was included in the list of foreign agents by the Ministry of Justice) and was 63-year-old Oleg Gruzdilovich, who spent nearly nine months in prison. Imprisoned for attending opposition rallies.