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By Ismael Lopez MANAGUA (Reuters) -Nicaraguan police stormed into the home of opposition leader Cristiana Chamorro on Wednesday, escalating a political battle ahead of elections later this year in which longtime leftist President Daniel Ortega is seeking to hold on to power. The police placed Chamorro under house arrest, according to Chamorro s brother, journalist Carlos Chamorro, and continued to occupy the property in the capital Managua after raiding it more than five hours earlier, he wrote in a post on Twitter. Social media and local television broadcast live images of police entering and surrounding Chamorro s home earlier on Wednesday, in which police could be seen using force to eject other journalists who had arrived to cover the scene. The police action comes in the wake of prosecutors seeking Chamorro s arrest for money laundering and other crimes, according to judicial authorities. A source close to Chamorro s family said the 66-year-old vice president of Nicaragua s bigges ....
By Ismael Lopez MANAGUA (Reuters) - The Nicaraguan Prosecutor s Office on Tuesday accused presidential opposition candidate Cristiana Chamorro of abusive management and ideological falsehood, and requested her disqualification. Chamorro is the daughter of former President Violeta Barrios de Chamorro, who defeated President Daniel Ortega in the 1990 elections. She has more support than any other opposition candidate, according to a Cid-Gallup poll. Neither Chamorro nor her lawyers immediately responded to a request for comment. Ortega is seeking re-election for a third consecutive term in November. The prosecutors offices said in a statement that it seeks the disqualification from holding public office for not being in full enjoyment of her civil and political rights . But former Nicaraguan criminal prosecutor Cesar Guevara said that the prosecutor s office cannot disqualify her because she has not been found guilty. Three weeks ago, the prosecutor s office said it was investigating Cha ....
Myanmar jails two journalists for incitement and spreading false news, employers say This content was published on June 2, 2021 - 17:26 June 2, 2021 - 17:26 (Reuters) - A court in military-ruled Myanmar on Wednesday jailed two journalists for incitement and spreading false news, their organisations said, part of an ongoing crackdown that a top U.S. official called an attack on freedom of expression. A military court in southern Myeik sentenced Aung Kyaw of the Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) and Zaw Zaw, a freelance reporter for Mizzima, to two years in prison over their reporting of anti-junta protests, Mizzima and DVB said. Aung Kyaw is the third DVB journalist imprisoned since the military s Feb. 1 overthrow of Aung San Suu Kyi s elected government, which caused nationwide outrage and daily protests, some of which were suppressed by troops using live ammunition. ....
HK security dept annuls voting rights of Next Digital s imprisoned owner FILE PHOTO: Media mogul Jimmy Lai, founder of Apple Daily, arrives the Court of Final Appeal by prison van in Hong Kong, China February 1, 2021. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu reuters tickers This content was published on June 1, 2021 - 11:20 June 1, 2021 - 11:20 (Reuters) -Media publisher Next Digital Ltd said on Tuesday Hong Kong s National Security Department confirmed its founder and controlling shareholder, jailed tycoon Jimmy Lai, must not exercise voting rights on shares held by him. Lai, who owns a 71.26% stake in Next Digital, can only exercise voting rights under the authority of a license granted by the Secretary for Security, according to the Security Department. ....
Guatemala Congress due to swear in judge linked to graft case This content was published on June 1, 2021 - 01:28 June 1, 2021 - 01:28 GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Guatemala s Congress on Monday will swear in a judge linked to a judicial corruption probe to serve on the country s top court, a few days ahead of a visit by U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, whose government has urged the country to fight graft. Incoming Constitutional Court justice Nester Vasquez is due to take the oath of office after an autonomous anti-corruption prosecutor alleged in February that his prior appointment to a lower court was tainted by illicit influence-peddling. ....