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Wednesday 25 July 2018

Brazilian student, 3 others killed in Nicaragua amid unrest

By LUIS MANUEL GALEANO Alvaro Leiva, the associa-
Associated Press tion's director, said Monday
MANAGUA, Nicaragua that three people were
(AP) — A Brazilian medi- killed, 25 wounded and 15
cal student and three detained Monday in the
other people have been city of Jinotega when po-
killed amid unrest that has lice and paramilitaries at-
rocked this Central Ameri- tacked protest barricades.
can nation for over three The violence came hours
months, her university and after Ortega said in an in-
a human rights group re- terview with Fox News that
ported Tuesday. the country was returning
Rayneia Lima, whose age to normal.
varied between 29 and 31 "The disturbances have
in different reports, was rid- ceased over the last week
ing in a vehicle in the capi- in the country and things
tal Monday night when it are on course for normal-
was riddled by bullets that ization," the president said
struck several vital organs, in his first interview with an
said Ernesto Medina, rector independent news outlet in
of the American University nine years.
of Managua. He also rejected calls for
Medina said the shots early elections and denied
came from armed pro-gov- Demonstrators a march demanding the ouster of President Daniel Ortega and the release of having any responsibility for
ernment civilians who have political prisoners, in Managua, Nicaragua, Monday, July 23, 2018. attacks on Roman Catholic
taken over the National Associated Press clergy or killings of civilians,
Autonomous University of blaming the violence on
Nicaragua since July 13, as opened fire "under circum- use of force and the use of Human Rights Association, his political opponents and
she was traveling near that stances that have not yet paramilitary groups in op- at least 351 people have foreign interests.
campus. been determined." erations coordinated by been killed in political un- That is counter to what in-
He added that Lima was Brazil's Foreign Ministry ex- security forces," the ministry rest that erupted in April. ternational organizations
a sixth-year student and pressed its "profound indig- said in a statement. What began as protests and Nicaraguan rights
practicing resident at the nation" over the killing and It urged Nicaragua to pun- against proposed social groups have documented.
police-run Carlos Roberto said it was seeking clarifica- ish those responsible for the security cuts later broad- Last week the Organization
Huembes Hospital in Mana- tion from Nicaragua's gov- killing and also "to guaran- ened into calls for President of American States adopt-
gua. ernment. tee the free exercise of in- Daniel Ortega to leave of- ed a resolution condemn-
In a statement, Nicaragua's "The Brazilian government dividual rights and public fice after security forces ing human rights abuses
National Police attributed again condemns the liberties." and pro-government civil- committed by Nicaraguan
her death to a "private se- deepening repression, the According to the non-gov- ian militias began a deadly security forces and their
curity guard," saying he disproportionate and lethal ernmental Nicaraguan Pro- crackdown. armed civilian backers.q

Ex-Guantanamo detainee leaves Uruguay, heads to Turkey

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay with his family abroad. the border with Brazil that is
(AP) — A former Guanta- The Uruguayan govern- home to a Middle Eastern
namo detainee who has ment has said Dhiab is community.
been unhappy with re- free to travel, but it cannot "He communicated with
settlement in Uruguay has force another country to few people," said Dhiab's
once again left the South take him. lawyer, Juan Segura.
American nation, an offi- Last year, Dhiab returned The Syrian was detained as
cial said Tuesday. to Uruguay after being an enemy combatant with
Abu Wa'el Dhiab went to deported from Morocco, suspected ties to militants
Turkey in late June, said where he had arrived and was held for 12 years at
Christian Mirza, the govern- with a false passport. He Guantanamo, but he was
ment's liaison with six ex- also tried to board a flight never charged. He drew
Guantanamo Bay inmates to Russia but was turned international attention by
resettled in Uruguay. Mirza away because he lacked staging a lengthy hunger
said that it's unclear if the In this Sept. 30, 2016 file photo, former Guantanamo detainee an entry visa. In 2016, he strike and frequently clash-
Syrian native is still in Turkey Syrian Abu Wa'el Dhiab listens to question as he holds press attempted to enter South ing with guards. The hunger
or if he was deported. conference at his apartment in Montevideo, Uruguay. Africa. Earlier that year, he strikes and forced feedings
"Some reports say that he Associated Press also went missing for weeks at Guantanamo left him
was deported to Syria, but before turning up in Ven- with health problems, and
I haven't been able to con- border to Brazil before he mer prisoners at the U.S. ezuela. Officials say Turkey, he walks using crutches.
firm that," Mirza told The As- traveled to Turkey, Mirza detention center for ter- Lebanon and Qatar have Mirza said that he sent a
sociated Press. said. If he was deported to ror suspects in 2014. But he rejected taking in Dhiab. message to Dhiab. But "I
Immigration authorities Syria, "it would be in viola- has expressed unhappiness In recent months, Dhiab don't even know if he took
have no record of when tion of the refugee status," about being in Uruguay had reportedly left his his cellphone and has cov-
or how Dhiab left Uruguay, he said. and has gone on hunger home in the Uruguayan erage," he said. "It's like toss-
leading authorities to be- Uruguay took Dhiab in strikes demanding he be capital and had been liv- ing a bottle with a message
lieve he slipped across the along with five other for- allowed to leave and meet ing in a northern city along into the ocean."q