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March 29, 2023
The Nicaraguan regime has responded to calls for proof that a jailed bishop is still alive by releasing photographs and a film of him being visited by his family in prison. The images and short video of Bishop Rolando Álvarez of Matagalpa came a week after human rights defender Bianca Jagger demanded that Nicaraguan despot
February 13, 2023
Pope Francis has expressed his grief at the jailing of a Nicaraguan Catholic bishop for 26 years on trumped-up charges of treason. The Pontiff prayed for Bishop Rolando Álvarez of Matagalpa during the Sunday Angelus in Rome. The bishop was summarily imprisoned for 26 years last week after he refused to follow 222 other Nicaraguan
December 15, 2022
Nicaraguan prosecutors have charged a Catholic bishop with crimes against the state some four months after he was arrested in a raid on his presbytery. Bishop Rolando José Álvarez of Matagalpa appeared in court to face charges of conspiracy to undermine national integrity and of disseminating false propaganda over the internet. The Managua Criminal District
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