Bianca Jagger urges the UK to make her Nicaraguan home’s presidential election a fraud

  • Bianca Jagger protested against long-time president Daniel Ortega in London
  • Ortega, at 75, was in office for ten years during the 1980s. He returned to power in 2007
  • His main rivals were detained on false charges ahead of the election 










Bianca Jagger has called on the Government to declare tomorrow’s presidential elections in her home country of Nicaragua ‘illegitimate’.

Yesterday, the human rights activist protested outside London’s Foreign Office against Daniel Ortega who was seeking his fourth term.

Ortega, now 75, was in office for ten years during the 1980s. He returned to power in 2007

The human rights defender protested against long-time president Daniel Ortega

Human rights activist protested against Daniel Ortega, the long-serving president

His main rivals were detained on trumped up charges ahead of the election.

The United States has branded him a dictator and dismissed the election as a ‘sham’. 

Bianca Jagger joined a protest outside Downing Street against sham elections in Nicaragua

Bianca Jagger was present at a protest against the fraudulent elections in Nicaragua outside Downing Street

Mrs Jagger, president and founder of the Bianca Jagger Human Rights Foundation and the former wife of rock star Sir Mick, told the Daily Mail: ‘I’m appealing to the international community to declare this sham process and its result illegitimate, and the regime of Daniel Ortega illegitimate too.

‘The Foreign Office should declare this electoral farce illegitimate and call for the immediate release of all political prisoners who are being tortured as we speak.’

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