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AFET Press Release of 8 July on punitive laws against the opposition in Nicaragua Nicaragua: MEPs demand the repeal of punitive laws against the opposition Drifting further into authoritarianism, the regime attempts to impede free and fair elections The EU should increase sanctions on the Nicaraguan regime MEPs condemn restrictive laws devised to criminalise political opponents in Nicaragua and call for all arbitrarily detained political prisoners to be immediately released.
In a resolution adopted on Thursday, MEPs strongly condemn all the Nicaraguan authorities' repressive actions, in particular the deaths caused, against democratic opposition parties and other opponents metz free meeting the regime. MEPs demand the immediate and unconditional release of all arbitrarily detained political prisoners, among them pre-presidential candidates, as well as other opposition activists, human rights defenders and journalists.
The metz free meeting must provide an immediate proof of life and whereabouts of those imprisoned, they urge.
The Nicaraguan regime is deepening its authoritarian drift, they underline, closing off democratic space and international mediation for a peaceful solution to the conflict, clearly impeding free and fair elections due to be held on 7 November