Nicaragua Imprisons, Fines Protestant Pastors on Unsubstantiated Money Laundering Charges

As part of President Daniel Ortega’s long-term crackdown on religious leaders, authorities in Nicaragua have now convicted 11 Protestant pastors on apparently trumped-up money laundering charges, sentencing them to jail sentences of 12-15 years in prison and an $80 million fine each. 

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Haiti: Christian Ministry Attacked By Armed Gang

An international Christian aid organization which runs a hospital, school, and church in Haiti narrowly escaped a massacre of its staff when armed gang members tried to shoot their way into its operational compound, CBN News reports.

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Cuba: Government Continues Crackdown On Christians, Religious Freedom

A new report shows that the government of Cuba continued an intensifying crackdown on religious freedom, and Christianity in particular, in 2023. Published on Mar. 14, the report was compiled by the UK-based Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) advocacy organization.

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US Missionaries Trapped in Violence-Torn Haiti

Two U.S. missionaries remained trapped in Haiti on Friday, some two weeks after a gang uprising began seeking the ouster of the troubled Caribbean nation’s prime minister.

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Nicaragua: Female Prisoners Assaulted By Jail Staff For Praying Aloud

emale prisoners at a jail in Nicaragua have been brutalized by staff after praying out loud, Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) reports. Ruled by a dictatorial communist regime that is hostile to Christians, Nicaragua ranks 30TH on the US Open Doors World Watch List 2024 of the top 50 countries where Christians are persecuted.

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Haiti: Churchgoers Increasingly Targeted For Abduction By Gangs, “We Must Bear Our Cross And Follow Christ”

As Haiti continues to struggle under the brutal grip of lawless gangs who have now succeeded in pressuring President Ariel Henry to resign, a Catholic archbishop is warning that churchgoers in the small Caribbean state are being abducted at an alarming rate, the Christian Post (CP) reports.

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