Nicaraguan authorities release around forty political critics from prison

(Patria) - Nicaraguan authorities release around forty political critics from prison Nicaraguan authorities released around forty political critics from prison on Saturday, two Nicaraguan political activists told Reuters.

The released prisoners will remain under house arrest and will report to the police regularly, they said.

Alfredo Gutierrez, coordinator of the Liberales Nicaragua party, based outside Nicaragua, said that activist Alejandro Hurtado, who the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights reported was arrested in January, was among several dozen released prisoners.

Ana Margarita Vijil, from the opposition party Unamos, said her organization knows of the release of "around forty people" and that many of their families have not seen them for months "or even years".