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Appeal from the Nicaraguan Centre

Video of Nicaraguan Centre members delivering an appeal for support in Managua on 18 June 2018. In this video members from the Nicaraguan Centre address fellow PEN members across the globe, speaking out about the political turmoil that has been affecting freedom of speech in Nicaragua since 18 April 2018, when a student rebellion against social secuity reforms began to be violently repressed. Those members speaking and sitting at the front of the table from left to right are: Ángela Saballos, general secretary of the Nicaraguan Centre (2017-); Gioconda Belli, president of the Nicaraguan Centre (2013-); and Juan Carlos Vílchez, vice-president of the Nicaraguan Centre (2017-).

Appeal from the Nicaraguan Centre

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Apelación del Centro Nicaragüense

Vídeo de los miembros del Centro Nicaragüense pidiendo apoyo en Managua, el 18 de junio de 2018. En este vídeo, miembros del Centro Nicaragüense y compañeros de PEN de todo el mundo, hablan sobre la inestabilidad política en Nicaragua, que había estado afectando la libertad de expresión en el país, desde el 18 de abril de 2018, cuando se reprimió con violencia una manifestación estudiantil contra una reforma de la seguridad social. Sentados en la mesa hablando, de izquierda a derecha: Ángela Saballos, secretaria general del Centro Nicaragüense (2017-); Gioconda Belli, presidenta del Centro Nicaragüense (2013-); y Juan Carlos Vílchez, vicepresidente del Centro Nicaragüense (2017-).

Date:

18/06/2018

Creator:

Nicaraguan Centre

Centre:

Nicaraguan Centre (PEN Nicaragua)

Format:

Video

Language:

English

Place:

Managua, Nicaragua

Subject:

Conflict; Demonstrations; Freedom of Expression; Press in Nicaragua

Appeal from the Nicaraguan Centre

Appeal from the Nicaraguan Centre

Appeal from the Nicaraguan Centre

Apelación del Centro Nicaragüense

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