![Felix Maradiaga, former Nicaraguan presidential candidate shown speaking during an interview in Miami on Feb. 1, spoke July 24 about the regime in a hearing with the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom. On Feb. 9, 2023, the Nicaraguan government of Daniel Ortega released 222 opponents, stripped them of their nationality and deported them to the United States. Among them was Maradiaga, imprisoned for running against Ortega in the 2021 elections. Felix Maradiaga, former Nicaraguan presidential candidate shown speaking during an interview in Miami on Feb. 1, spoke July 24 about the regime in a hearing with the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom. On Feb. 9, 2023, the Nicaraguan government of Daniel Ortega released 222 opponents, stripped them of their nationality and deported them to the United States. Among them was Maradiaga, imprisoned for running against Ortega in the 2021 elections.](https://publisher-ncreg.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/2024072417078_6e9ee104d316425f79f58c46b53518f278f09efb213116bc8dff952c416ee690.jpg)
Human-Rights Advocates Shine Light on Aims of Nicaragua Regime
Exiled activist Felix Maradiaga tells U.S. hearing that the regime ‘resents’ the Catholic Church’s support for the faithful.
Exiled activist Felix Maradiaga tells U.S. hearing that the regime ‘resents’ the Catholic Church’s support for the faithful.
For the first time since Álvarez was exiled, one priest and seven deacons were ordained July 20 in the Matagalpa cathedral.
Nicaragua’s former ambassador to the Organization of American States, Arturo McFields Yescas, denounced the regime’s 'latest attack against the Church.'
ADF International has asked the IACHR to require that Nicaragua guarantee the health, life, and well-being of the 11 convicted leaders while the case with the court is in progress.
The anonymous priest is one of dozens of clergymen who have been arrested amid Ortega’s persecution of Catholic clergy, nuns, schools, and media outlets.
After 527 days in prison, Bishop Rolando Álvarez of Matagalpa was released and deported on Jan. 14 to Rome along with Bishop Isidoro Mora and other priests and seminarians.
The Ortega dictatorship issued a statement thanking Pope Francis and Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin and his team ‘for the very respectful and discreet coordination that made possible the trip to the Vatican of two bishops, 15 priests, and two seminarians.’
The 63-year-old prelate was arrested the day after he asked for prayers for Bishop Rolando Álvarez of Matagalpa, who was abducted from his residence by the Sandinista regime in August 2022, kept under house arrest, and sentenced in February 2023 to more than 26 years in prison on the charge of treason.
In an official statement, the Nicaraguan government published various photographs documenting a medical checkup performed Jan. 2. His physical condition shows notable deterioration.
Nicaraguan lawyer and researcher Martha Patricia Molina, author of the investigative report titled “Nicaragua: A Persecuted Church?”, has been tracking the attacks of the Ortega and Murillo regime on the Catholic Church since 2018.
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