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Under the heading ‘A. Natural persons referred to in Articles 1(1) and 2(1)’, entries 7, 8, 11, 17, 18, and 19 are replaced by the following:
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Name
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Identifying information
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Reasons
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Date of listing
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‘7.
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Rosario María MURILLO ZAMBRANA
Alias: Rosario María MURILLO DE ORTEGA
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Position(s): Vice President of the Republic of Nicaragua (since 2017). Wife of President Daniel Ortega
Date of birth: 22 June 1951
Place of birth: Managua, Nicaragua
Gender: female
Nationality: Nicaraguan
Passport number: A00000106 (Nicaragua)
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Vice President of Nicaragua, First Lady of Nicaragua and a leader of the Sandinista Youth. According to President Daniel Ortega, who presents her as the de facto “co-President” of the country, Rosario María Murillo Zambrana shares half of power with him. She played an instrumental role in encouraging and justifying the repression of opposition demonstrations by the Nicaraguan National Police in 2018. In June 2021, she publicly threatened the Nicaraguan opposition and discredited independent journalists. Those threats have been repeated since then. In February 2023, Daniel Ortega revealed that Rosario María Murillo Zambrana is the instigator of new repressions, namely related to the expulsion and deprivation of citizenship of 222 political prisoners.
She is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations, for the repression of civil society and democratic opposition, and for undermining democracy in Nicaragua.
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2.8.2021
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8.
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Gustavo Eduardo PORRAS CORTÉS
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Position(s): President of the National Assembly of the Republic of Nicaragua (since January 2017)
Date of birth: 11 October 1954
Place of birth: Managua, Nicaragua
Gender: male
Nationality: Nicaraguan
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President of the National Assembly of Nicaragua since January 2017 and member of the national direction of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) since 1996.
In his position as the President of the National Assembly of Nicaragua, he is responsible for promoting the adoption of several repressive legal acts, among them an amnesty law that precludes any investigation into the perpetrators of massive human rights violations in 2018, laws undermining freedom and democratic process in Nicaragua, and laws depriving the civil rights of civilians, including the Bishop of Matagalpa, Rolando José Álvarez Lagos.
He is therefore responsible for the repression of civil society, democratic opposition, representatives of the Church, as well as for seriously undermining democracy and the rule of law in Nicaragua.
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2.8.2021
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11.
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Fidel de Jesús DOMÍNGUEZ ÁLVAREZ
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Position(s): Chief of police in Leon, General Commissioner of the National Police
Date of birth: 21 March 1960
Gender: male
Nationality: Nicaraguan
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In his position as Chief of police in Leon since 23 August 2018 and then General Commissioner of the National Police since September 2020, Fidel de Jesús Domínguez Alvarez is responsible for numerous serious violations of human rights, in particular arbitrary arrests and detention including the kidnapping of members of a political opponent’s family, death threats, the excessive use of force and violations of freedom of expression and freedom of the media. He is considered as one of the main figures of repression against the democratic opposition in the region of Leon.
He is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations and the repression of civil society and democratic opposition.
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2.8.2021
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Brenda Isabel ROCHA CHACÓN
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Position(s): President of the Supreme Electoral Council
Date of birth: 10.2.1967
Place of birth: Bonanza, Nicaragua
Gender: female
Nationality: Nicaraguan
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Brenda Isabel Rocha Chacón has been since May 2021 President of the Supreme Electoral Council (SEC) – a body responsible for the preparation, holding and certification of the general elections of 7 November 2021 and local elections of 6 November 2022, which, by their lack of transparency, true opposition and democratic debate, undermined democratic institutions and processes. The SEC deprived the opposition of the opportunity to stand for free elections and ensured the organisation of polls in non-democratic conditions.
She is therefore responsible for the repression of democratic opposition and for undermining democracy and the rule of law in Nicaragua.
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10.1.2022
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Cairo Melvin AMADOR ARRIETA
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Position(s): Vice-President of the Supreme Electoral Council
Date of birth: 1952
Gender: male
Nationality: Nicaraguan
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Cairo Melvin Amador Arrieta has been since May 2021 the Vice-President of the Supreme Electoral Council (SEC) – a body responsible for the preparation, holding and certification of the general elections of 7 November 2021 and local elections of 6 November 2022, which, by their lack of transparency, true opposition and democratic debate, undermined democratic institutions and processes. The SEC deprived the opposition of the opportunity to stand for free elections and ensured the organisation of polls in non-democratic conditions.
He is therefore responsible for the repression of democratic opposition and for undermining democracy and the rule of law in Nicaragua.
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10.1.2022
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Lumberto Ignacio CAMPBELL HOOKER
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Position(s): Member of the Supreme Electoral Council, acting President of the Supreme Electoral Council in 2018
Date of birth: 3.12.1949
Place of birth: Raas, Nicaragua
Gender: male
Nationality: Nicaraguan
Passport number: A00001109 (Nicaragua)
ID number: 6010302490003J
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Lumberto Ignacio Campbell Hooker has been since 2014 a member of the Supreme Electoral Council (SEC) – a body responsible for the preparation, holding and certification of the general elections of 7 November 2021 and local elections of 6 November 2022, which, by their lack of transparency, true opposition and democratic debate, undermined democratic institutions and processes. The SEC deprived the opposition of the opportunity to stand for free elections and ensured the organisation of polls in non-democratic conditions. His mandate as member of the SEC was renewed by the General Assembly in May 2021.
He spoke to the media during the general elections of 7 November 2021 and local elections of 6 November 2022, justifying and praising their organisation.
He is therefore responsible for the repression of democratic opposition and for undermining democracy and the rule of law in Nicaragua.
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10.1.2022’
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