94 dissidents in Nicaragua had their citizenship revoked by a court.
Award-winning author Sergio Ramirez, poet Gioconda Belli, and Catholic bishop Silvio Báez are among those labeled "traitors to the fatherland.".
All 94 of them have been vocal opponents of President Daniel Ortega, who is serving his fourth consecutive term.
They join 222 other government critics who had their citizenship revoked last week as the second group to experience this.
Legal experts have deemed the action to be against international law.
The 94 had committed "criminal acts to the detriment of peace, sovereignty, independence, and self-determination of the Nicaraguan people," according to Judge Ernesto Rodriguez.
He continued, "Given these facts, the Accused can no longer be considered Nicaraguan Citizens," and declared their Nicaraguan assets would be seized.
Many of the 94 people on the list are expats. Even though many of them fled Nicaragua before any charges were brought against them, the judge still referred to them as "fugitives from justice.".
One of those who has been residing in exile in Spain is author Sergio Ramrez, who was awarded the 2017 Cervantes Prize for Literature in Spain.
In the past, Mr. Ramrez was a trusted ally of President Ortega, and from 1985 to 1990, he served as the president's vice-president.
However, he left the Ortega-led Sandinista Party in 1995 in protest of Mr. Ortega's alleged "autocratic tendencies.".
In June 2021, Mr. Ramrez left Nicaragua as a number of opposition activists were being detained. He was charged with inciting hatred and planning to destabilize Nicaragua three months later.
The Auxiliary Bishop of Managua, who has lived in Miami for almost three years, and a former Nicaraguan ambassador who called his own government a dictatorship and has since been living in the US were also stripped of their nationality on Wednesday.
They had committed "criminal acts to the detriment of peace, sovereignty, independence, and self-determination of the Nicaraguan people," according to Judge Rodriguez.
The accused "can no longer be considered Nicaraguan citizens as a result of these facts," he added.
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights' office in Central America denounced the action and urged Nicaragua "to immediately cease persecution and retaliation."
