House panel chairman demands release of imprisoned Nicaraguan Catholic bishop
- Nicaraguan lawmakers and exiled citizens are urging President Daniel Ortega to release imprisoned Catholic Bishop Rolando Álvarez, who criticized his government.
- Ortega's regime has targeted the Catholic Church and suppressed religious freedom, leading to international condemnation and Pope Francis denouncing Álvarez's sentence and the deportation of Nicaraguans.
- The regime has been accused of persecuting political opponents, including imprisoning potential presidential candidates and closing NGOs, religious institutions, and independent media outlets.
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Witnesses Testify to Torture by Nicaraguan Dictatorship at Hearing on Imprisoned Catholic Bishop
Bishop Rolando Álvarez of Matagalpa, Nicaragua. The Alliance Defending Freedom International (ADF), also joined in the push for the Nicaraguan dictatorship to release Bishop Álvarez this week.
Congresistas de Estados Unidos pidieron este jueves la liberación del obispo católico Rolando Álvarez en Nicaragua en una sesión en la que dos expresos exiliados dijeron que las autoridades lo consideran «la cabeza pensante» de «un golpe de Estado fallido». «Álvarez es un hombre inocente y padece un sufrimiento indescriptible», aseguró el republicano Christopher Smith, que llama al mandatario nicaragüense Daniel Ortega a «liberarlo de prisión», …
United States congressmen called for the release of Catholic Bishop Rolando Álvarez, detained in Nicaragua.
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