He Nicaraguan journalist Victor Tikay, employee channel 10 local television, was arrested this Thursday the day after covering a religious procession in the municipality of Nandaime (southwest), the platform said. Alerts Freedom of Press Nicaragua.

Communicator, Facebook page directorLid“, was arrested this Maundy Thursday by the Nandaime Police56 kilometers southwest of Managua, tweeted the site that documents violations of freedom of speech and press in Nicaragua.

Alerts Freedom of Press Nicaragua explained that last Wednesday the journalist broadcast on his Facebook page “religious activities that the police wanted to ban” in Nandaime. “After the arrest, the video was removed from the pagefrom Facebook, he noted.

“We demand the immediate release of the journalist and respect for his fundamental rights. Journalism is not a crime” stands for this platform.

Manager channel 10 Nicaraguan television confirmed EFE that arrest. AND The Nicaraguan police have not yet announced the arrest of the journalist.

IACHR rapporteur points to lack of rule of law

Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression Pedro Vaca expressed concern about the whistleblower’s arrest.

#Nicaragua🇳🇮 According to public complaints, journalist Victor Tikay would have been detained by the Nicaraguan police.

The absence of the rule of law and the arbitrariness with which the authorities behave increase concern @RELE_CIDH https://t.co/H4iXn7MELi

— Pedro Vaca V. (@PVacaV) April 6, 2023

And the April 19 Civil Movement, and the Youth and Students Group, and the coordinator of the University of Democracy and Justice, who call themselves platforms for Nicaraguan youth and students, They separately condemned the detention of the journalist and demanded his release.

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“From the Alliance of Nicaraguan Youth and Students, we demand the freedom of the journalist Victor Tikay, arbitrarily detained by the National Police in Nandaime, Granada. Viktor, correspondent channel 10 in Nandaime, and yesterday he was covering a religious act that was celebrated by the residents, for which the regime detained him,” said this group of students.

“We demand respect for their personal integrity. Freedom for Viktor Tikay,” he added.

We demand from AJEN the immediate release of journalist Victor Tikay, who was arbitrarily detained by the National Police in the city of Nandaime, Granada.

Viktor, correspondent @canal10nica in Nandaime, so yesterday he was covering a religious act that… pic.twitter.com/hS4WUX8i0w

— AJEN (@alianzaAJEN) April 6, 2023

Arrests before journalist Viktor Tikay

The arrest of a journalist is added to the detention. released opposition member Olesya Auxiliadora Muñoz Pavón and student leader Jasson Noel Salazar Rugamawhich take place two weeks before the fifth anniversary of the demonstrations against the government of Daniel Ortega.

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April 2018 Thousands of Nicaraguans take to the streets to protest due to controversial welfare reforms that later became a demand for Ortega’s resignation after he responded with force.

At least 355 people died as a result of the protests. according to IACHR, although the Nicaraguan organizations raise the number to 684, and Ortega admits there were “more than 300” and claims it was an attempted coup.

Nicaragua has been going through a political and social crisis since April 2018, which intensified after the controversial general election on November 7, 2021, in which Ortega was re-elected for a fifth term, a fourth in a row and a second with his wife Murillo as vice president, and his main rivals in jail. (EFE)