Interviews taken out of context, Twitter posts and police “witnesses” who contradict each other comprise the “proof of guilt” of the political prisoners
She was convicted for her work in defense of human rights, points out her family. In the record, she signed identifying herself as a political prisoner
Former Sandinista rebel commander Dora Maria Tellez, one of dozens of political detainees rounded up last year by the Nicaraguan government, was convicted after a trial lasting only a few hours, a lawyers group said on Thursday.
The Judicial Defense Unit, a coalition of lawyers, said that the trial was held in the infamous Chipote prison, where 39 of the political opponents of her one-time ally, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, have been held for months.
The lawyers said that Judge Angel Fernandez declared Tellez guilty of “conspiracy to undermine national integrity” and recommended she be sentenced to 15 years in prison.
Tellez, 65,