Daniel Ortega was a freedom fighter once

Liberal International has issued the following statement:

Democrats and human rights defenders around the world are outraged that, on Friday 6 August, the regime of Daniel Ortega in Nicaragua has dissolved the main opposition party, Citizens for Freedom, and stripped its leader, Liberal International Vice President Kitty Monterrey, of her Nicaraguan citizenship.

These are the actions of a regime that has acted to criminalize democracy and a president who is struggling to contain the desire of the Nicaraguan people to live in freedom.

We are deeply concerned for the safety of those targeted by the Sandinista government and the victims of arbitrary arrests.

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We are urging all LI members to raise awareness of this injustice by sharing the statement and using the hashtag: #IStandWithKitty, as well as within their Parliamentary Groups.