Nicaragua releases 100 prisoners, national dialogue starts

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Nicaragua releases 100 prisoners, national dialogue starts
Ismael Lopez

MANAGUA (Reuters) - The Nicaraguan government on Wednesday released 100 people the opposition considers political prisoners, just as government and opposition leaders restarted talks aimed at ending a national crisis.

Pablo Cuevas, an attorney for the Permanent Commission of Human Rights, a non-governmental organization, said the detainees began leaving penitentiaries in the morning.

Nicaragua’s interior ministry said 100 people were freed but did not give details on their condition.

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