US calls for Nicaragua to free imprisoned Indigenous leader Brooklyn Rivera after hospital photos | National News

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — The U.S. called for the release of imprisoned Nicaraguan Indigenous leader Brooklyn Rivera on Friday after the government published photos of him in the hospital in critical condition.

Rivera, a leader of the Miskito people who have been at odds with the ruling Sandinista government for decades, has been imprisoned since Sept. 29, 2023 as part of a years-long crackdown on dissent. His family has said he is imprisoned for political reasons and that the government hasn’t presented formal charges.

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