Bettina Muscheidt, declared ‘persona non grata’ after the European Union last week called for freedom for political prisoners in the country
The Nicaraguan President, Daniel Ortega, has ordered this Wednesday the expulsion from the country of the ambassador of the European Union, Bettina Muscheidt, after last week the EU delegation to the United Nations demanded the release of political prisoners and the return of democracy to the Nicaraguan people. In addition to his expulsion, Muscheidt has been declared persona non grata. in Nicaragua, as reported by a European diplomatic source to the newspaper ‘La Prensa’.
“The European Union calls on the Nicaraguan authorities to respect their own commitments, the Nicaraguan Constitution and international human rights norms and laws,” the Union delegation said last week at the UN General Assembly. “The Nicaraguan authorities must put an end to the repression, including the repression against political opponents, the clergy, the independent media, civil society and human rights defenders,” she stressed, according to the aforementioned newspaper.
Bettina Muscheidt took up her post in September 2021 before serving as Head of the European Union Delegation in Yemen and Libya.
