Colombian Pastor Killed on New Year’s EveJanuary 9, 2026 — On New Year’s Eve, Pastor José Otoniel Ortega was repeatedly shot by three armed attackers in the Santa Elena neighborhood in Magdalena Department, Colombia. He was taken to a nearby...
Nicaragua Bans Bibles at Border Crossings December 18, 2025 — According to a report by the local media outlet CentroAmérica360, notices were posted at bus terminals in Costa Rica warning travelers that they could not bring Bibles into neighboring Nicaragua....
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 CubaJuly 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 ColombiaJuly 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 UnknownJune 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 ReportMarch 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 BarsJanuary 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...
