U.S. Considers Sanctions on Nicaragua for Ongoing Persecution, Rights Abuses

October 23, 2025 — The White House’s Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) issued a report this week highlighting Nicaragua’s consistent “abuses of labor rights, human rights and fundamental freedoms, and dismantling the...

Pastors Increasingly Targeted, Harassed in Cuba

July 29, 2025 — 7/29/2025 Cuba (International Christian Concern) — Pastor Maikel Pupu Velázquez vanished about 14 hours after delivering epilepsy medication to an acquaintance’s granddaughter on July 9 in Cuba. Velázquez delivered the...

Trend of Missing Christian Leaders Emerges in Colombia

July 25, 2025 — 7/25/2025 Colombia (International Christian Concern) — Father Carlos Saúl Jaimes Guerrero of Our Lady of Grace of the Order of Saint Augustine is the latest church leader reported missing in...

Bodies of Evangelical Christians Found in Mass Grave in Colombia

July 24, 2025 — 7/24/2025 Colombia (International Christian Concern) — The bodies of seven Evangelical Christians and a relative to one of the victims were found on July 1 in a mass, shallow grave...

Recently Detained Priest’s Whereabouts Unknown

June 27, 2025 — 6/27/2025 Nicaragua (International Christian Concern) — After being detained by Nicaragua’s National Police on June 19, Father Pedro Abelardo Méndez Pérez has been reported missing for the last week. Forced disappearances...

Day of Prayer for Nicaraguan Church Comes Amid Continued Persecution

June 23, 2025 — 6/23/2025 Nicaragua (International Christian Concern) — The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has designated Wednesday, June 25, as a special day of prayer for the church in Nicaragua....

Nicaraguan Pastor Recounts How Time in Prison Reinforced His Faith

June 19, 2025 — Nicaragua (International Christian Concern) — In late December 2023, Nicaraguan Pastor Jose Luis Orozco Urrutia’s faith started being tested. He and 12 others associated with the Evangelical Christian organization Mountain...

Christians Increasingly Abused in Nicaragua’s Prisons

June 19, 2025 — 6/18/2025 Nicaragua (International Christian Concern) — In recent years, Nicaragua’s prison system has become a nightmare for Christian political prisoners and whoever else speak against the Sandinista National Liberation Front...

Christians Increasingly Abused in Nicaragua’s Prisons

June 18, 2025 — 6/18/2025 Nicaragua (International Christian Concern) — In recent years, Nicaragua’s prison system has become a nightmare for Christian political prisoners and whoever else speak against the Sandinista National Liberation Front...

Cuban Pastors Face Imprisonment for Mentioning God

June 4, 2025 — 6/4/2025 Cuba (International Christian Concern) — A pastoral couple in Cuba faces eight years in prison for mentioning God as they stood up for their son, according to Christian Daily...

Nicaragua Cancels Holy Week Festivities for Second Year in a Row

April 11, 2025 — Nicaragua (International Christian Concern) — Government authorities in Nicaragua have halted numerous church-led Lent and Easter celebrations, replacing them in some cases with government-run events designed to give the impression...

Religious Freedom in Nicaragua ‘Abysmal’ According to U.S. Government Report

March 26, 2025 — 3/26/2025 Nicaragua (International Christian Concern) — Nicaraguan persecution of religion has only deepened in the last year, according to findings published earlier this week by the U.S. Commission on International...

Nicaragua Withdraws from Human Rights Council in Wake of Scathing Report

March 3, 2025 — Nicaragua (International Christian Concern) — After consolidating power in the presidency earlier this year, Nicaragua withdrew Friday from the U.N. Human Rights Council. Two days earlier, a group of U.N....

Cuban Pastor Released After More Than 3 Years Behind Bars

January 22, 2025 — 1/22/2025 Cuba (International Christian Concern) — Pastor Lorenzo Rosales Fajardo gained his freedom from a Cuban prison on Friday after serving three and a half years in jail for protesting...

Nicaragua Orders All Catholic Nuns Out of the Country

December 18, 2024 — 12/17/2024 Nicaragua (International Christian Concern) — In its latest attack on religious organizations, the Nicaraguan government has ordered the expulsion of all remaining Catholic nuns from the country. According to...

Nicaraguan Regime Exiles Catholic Bishop

November 15, 2024 — 11/14/2024 Nicaragua (International Christian Concern) — Bishop Carlos Herrera, bishop of Jinotega and chairman of Nicaragua’s Conference of Catholic Bishops, was deported from Nicaragua to Guatemala on Wednesday, according to the...

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U.S. Considers Sanctions on Nicaragua for Ongoing Persecution, Rights Abuses

Pastors Increasingly Targeted, Harassed in Cuba

Trend of Missing Christian Leaders Emerges in Colombia

Bodies of Evangelical Christians Found in Mass Grave in Colombia

Recently Detained Priest’s Whereabouts Unknown

Day of Prayer for Nicaraguan Church Comes Amid Continued Persecution

Nicaraguan Pastor Recounts How Time in Prison Reinforced His Faith

Christians Increasingly Abused in Nicaragua’s Prisons

Christians Increasingly Abused in Nicaragua’s Prisons

Cuban Pastors Face Imprisonment for Mentioning God

Nicaragua Cancels Holy Week Festivities for Second Year in a Row

Religious Freedom in Nicaragua ‘Abysmal’ According to U.S. Government Report

Nicaragua Withdraws from Human Rights Council in Wake of Scathing Report

Cuban Pastor Released After More Than 3 Years Behind Bars

Nicaragua Orders All Catholic Nuns Out of the Country

Nicaraguan Regime Exiles Catholic Bishop

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