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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><b><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-ZA">People’s Health Movement global on the human rights
violations in Nicaragua<span></span></span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-ZA">The People’s Health
Movement (PHM) condemns the actions of the Nicaraguan Government in
deregistering the Centre for Information and Health Advisory Services (CISAS)
and deporting its director Ana Quirós Víquez, because of their human rights
advocacy. CISAS, established in 1983, at the height of the CIA-sponsored
invasion of Nicaragua, has played an historic role in the struggle for health,
peace and justice in Nicaragua.<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-ZA">PHM, globally, fully
supports the </span><a href="http://phmovement.org/position-on-repression-murers-and-human-rights-violations-by-the-government-of-nicaragua-ruled-by-the-ortega-murillos-particularly-on-the-arbitrary-deportation-of-ana-quiros-viquez/" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(5,99,193)" lang="EN-ZA">demands
of PHM Latin America</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-ZA"> for the restoration of the citizenship rights of Ana
Quirós Víquez. <span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-ZA">The PHM expresses its
deepest concern regarding the violent repression by the government of Nicaragua
of popular manifestations opposing pension reforms and human rights abuses.<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-ZA">PHM is a global
network of civil society activists working for better health care, for action
on the social determinants of health and for health equity. PHM has a presence
in over 80 countries around the globe, including most countries in Latin
America. <span></span></span></p>

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solidarity of thousands of health activists around the world to CISAS and to
Ana Quirós Víquez and other comrades associated with CISAS.<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:107%;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><b><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Calibri" lang="EN-ZA">People’s
Health Movement Global Steering Council<span></span></span></b></p>

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find related links with further information on the repression of health workers
in Nicaragua:<span></span></span></p>

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