On May 26, PBI-Nicaragua posted:
“Last Friday [May 23], Nicaraguan human rights defenders in exile in San Jose organized an Emergency Vigil to demand the immediate release of people arbitrarily detained and in a condition of enforced disappearance.
The vigil was convened in an emergent way to cover the complaint that the feminist defender Sadie Tamara Rivas made public that day about the arrest and disappearance of her father, Anibal Rivas Reed. Sadie’s father was taken into custody on Saturday, May 17, at his bedroom home in Matagalpa and so far no word on his whereabouts. The defender and her family demand that they show him, give faith in life and release him immediately.
PBI accompanied the Vigil, expressing solidarity towards this family that has been victims of repression and political persecution on multiple occasions, who had to exile and apply for asylum to save their lives and today from exile they have to live with the uncertainty of a disappearance. We admire the bravery of the feminist Sadie Rivas who once again raises her voice to denounce and demand freedom, justice and reparation not only for her father but for all the people who like him are detained and missing, as is the journalist Fabiola Tercero [detained since July 12, 2024].”
On May 24, Infobae had reported: “In a statement, the organization Nicaragua Nunca Más [Never Again] warned that the family of the detainee ‘fears for his life and demands his prompt release, as well as the freedom of all political prisoners who are in Nicaraguan prisons.’ The collective also pointed out that Rivas Reed’s relatives denounced his forced disappearance, said they did not know his whereabouts and warned about his state of health. According to them, the detainee requires urgent medical attention and the use of specialized medicines.”
As of June 10, Articulo 66 reported that is still “in a condition of forced disappearance”.
Photo: Anibal Rivas as a Sandinista combatant during the revolutionary struggle.
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