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...
Nicaragua Orders All Catholic Nuns Out of the CountryDecember 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 BishopNovember 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...
After Centuries of Genocide and Persecution, Christianity Continues to Grow October 11, 2024 — 10/11/2024 (International Christian Concern) — Since the death of Stephen, the first Christian martyr, in 33-36 A.D., Christians have endured unrelenting persecution and, at times, even genocide. Despite this, the...
Six Women Detained or Imprisoned in Nicaragua’s Crackdown on ChristiansAugust 16, 2024 — 8/16/2024 Nicaragua (International Christian Concern) — During the last year, six Christian women have been imprisoned in Nicaragua for their religious activities. Among them are five Catholics, namely María Asunción...
72 Christians Imprisoned or Missing in 4 Communist Countries July 19, 2024 — 7/19/2024 (International Christian Concern) — According to an International Christian Concern (ICC) analysis, at least 72 Christians are either imprisoned or missing in four of the world’s five communist countries....
New Report on Religious Freedom Reveals Christians Targeted in NicaraguaJune 28, 2024 — 6/28/2024 United States (International Christian Concern) — The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released a new report on religious freedom violations perpetrated by the Nicaraguan government...
U.S. State Department Denounces Cuban Pastor’s Continued ImprisonmentJune 7, 2024 — 6/7/2024 Cuba (International Christian Concern) — The United States Department of State on Tuesday released a statement denouncing the continued imprisonment of the Rev. Lorenzo Rosales Fajardo, a pastor in...
Daughter, Son-in-Law of Missouri State Rep. Killed Serving as Missionaries in HaitiMay 24, 2024 — 5/24/2024 Haiti (International Christian Concern) — Gang members shot and killed the daughter and son-in-law of Missouri state Rep. Ben Baker Thursday evening in Port-au-Prince, where the couple served as...
D.C. Event Highlights Importance of Religious Freedom to Democracy-BuildingMay 21, 2024 — 5/20/2024 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) — At an event last week honoring exiled Nicaraguan priest Bishop Rolando Álvarez, Senator Marco Rubio, International Republican Institute (IRI) President Daniel Twining, and...
Exiled Nicaraguan Priest Honored at IRI Gala EventMay 20, 2024 — 5/20/2024 Washington, D.C. (International Christian Concern) — Highlighting the dire conditions being experienced by the Catholic church in Nicaragua, D.C.-based International Republican Institute (IRI) honored Bishop Rolando Álvarez, an exiled...
