Amaya Coppens: A political prisoner
Channel: Nicaragua Uprising Video Library
Date: 2018-10-21

Amaya Coppens is a Nicaraguan Belgian medical student. She took a leadership role in the social uprising against the government of Daniel Ortega. The protests aims to democratize Nicaragua because Ortega has eroded the civil and political rights of the opposition. She is one of the leaders of the 19th of April Student Movement in the city of Leon. She was taken prisoner by Ortega's police on September 27th of 2018. She is accused of terrorism, and she is in jail in pre-trial detention. 
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