Nicaraguan indigenous leader dies after three years in prison

It had earlier said he could not be transferred elsewhere due to his degenerating condition.News of Rivera's death was met by condemnation.Bianca Jagger, a Nicaraguan human rights activist and former wife of Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger, told the BBC World Service's Newshour programme that she held the Ortega regime responsible for Rivera's death."We're talking about a dictatorial regime," she said. "There have been many other political prisoners who have died while in the custody of the regime."The Moskitia" class="entity-link entity-organization" data-entity-id="137822" data-entity-type="organization">Indigenous Youth Association of Moskitia - the ancestral region Rivera hailed from - expressed its "profound indignation at the inhuman, cruel and unjust treatment he endured in his final years"."Keeping an elderly person deprived of their liberty for years, without sufficient guarantees of due process, and in conditions that deteriorate their physical and emotional health, is a grave concern for any society that aspires to respect human rights," it said."His passing occurs in circumstances that should never have happened and that will continue to generate questions, pain, and legitimate demands for truth, justice and reparations."The Argentina-based Inter-American Legal Assistance Center for Human Rights, which supports victims of repression in Nicaragua, strongly condemned Rivera's death and said those responsible "must be held criminally accountable".