- Name: Violeta Granera
- Position: Human rights activist
- Deprived of liberty from: The 8th of June of 2021
- Judgment: 8 years of imprisonment
- Country: Republic of Nicaragua
- Place of confinement: The new Chipote Jail
- Health condition: Severe health conditions
- Torture complaint: Subject to inhumane prison conditions and cruel treatment
Violeta Granera is an opponent of the Nicaraguan regime and a human rights activist.
Police forcefully entered her residence on Carretera Sur, Managua, on the 8th of June, 2021. Police officers broke into her home, slapped her, handcuffed her and later pushed her in a grotesque manner to make her enter a patrol car. There were more than 35 officers sent by the regime to search her house, and in this way many belongings and electronic devices were taken.
Currently Violeta Granera has been imprisoned for almost 16 months in the Directorate of Judicial Assistance (DAJ) or better known as the torture cells in Nuevo Chipote.
It is in these facilities where she has lost several teeth, has been subjected to cruel and inhuman treatment and is at great risk due to being an elderly woman and suffering from chronic diseases, which has already caused consequences in the deterioration of her health.
She was sentenced for allegedly undermining national integrity.
Sponsors
Name : Dita Charanzová
Position: Vice President of the European Parliament
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Czech politician and diplomat who has served as Vice President of the European Parliament since 2019 and as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 2014. She has been Vice President of the Alliance Party of Liberals and Democrats for Europe since 2018.
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Violeta is a brave woman, she has fought for freedom, democracy and justice. The dictatorship of Daniel Ortega has her in a torture prison in very inhumane conditions.
Thank you very much and God bless you. Coming from the EU means a lot to us since you have been the main source of cooperation for democracy, human rights and development to Nicaragua, and the Agreement of Association is a clear example of that. We can not allow crimes against humanity to continue in the world, much less in a region that has an agreement with the EU.