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"Mr President, I support this resolution. I think we must do everything in our power, in the light of the Association Agreement between the EU and the countries of Central America, to hold Nicaragua accountable to the standards and respect due to the rule of law, democracy and human rights, and this is not the case at the moment. The use of State power to intimidate journalists, exclude the opposition from political life and effect full control under the judiciary system has resulted in pervasive public corruption.
The Presidential elections in 2016 have resulted in complaints about a lack of transparency, given the absence of independent observers, as well as the fact that the single party regime makes it undemocratic. And of course, the work and personal safety of human rights defenders in Nicaragua is threatened by State-related retaliation to their activism. Notably, the case of the arbitrary detainment of environmental activist Francesca Ramirez and her family. They deserve our support, and her colleagues also, and we must work as a Union to try and get Nicaragua to be fairer in their dealings with these people."@en1
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