Lucía Pineda Ubau Explained

Lucía Pineda Ubau
Birth Place:San Miguelito, Nicaragua
Occupation:Journalist
Awards:CPJ International Press Freedom Award

Lucía Pineda Ubau (born September 1973) is a Nicaraguan journalist. She is the news director of Canal 15 in Nicaragua.

Career

She studied at the Central American University (Managua). She reported Daniel Ortega's stepdaughter on sexual abuse victim who was allegedly committed by his stepfather Daniel Ortega and the investigation into corruption in the Arnoldo Aleman regime. She received the 2018 Press Freedom Grand Prix, which was presented by the Inter-American Press Association.

She was arrested on charges of "inciting violence and hate" and "promoting terrorism". The Committee to Protect Journalists, The Coalition For Women In Journalism and Reporters Without Borders condemned her arrest and called for her immediate release.[1] [2] [3] [4] She was released from prison on Tuesday 11 June 2019 in an amnesty granted by Daniel Ortega's regime to political prisoners.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: CPJ, RSF call on Nicaragua to release two journalists held on terrorism charges . . 21 February 2019 . 2 August 2019.
  2. http://womeninjournalism.org/detailed-reports-of-threats
  3. Web site: Crisis en Nicaragua: Lucía Pineda Ubau, la nicaragüense que es la única mujer periodista presa de América Latina . . Ismael López . 23 May 2019 . 2 August 2019.
  4. Web site: Twenty-seven women journalists held in appalling conditions . . 7 May 2019 . 2 August 2019.
  5. Web site: Nicaragua frees more than 100 political prisoners under new amnesty law . . 11 June 2019 . 3 August 2019.

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