Cuba: Pastor Acquitted, But Convicted on New Charge

A court in Havana has found the Rev. Carlos Lamelas not guilty of “trafficking in human beings” but convicted him on previously unannounced charges of falsification of documents.

Cuba Court Drops Charges Against Pastor; Concerns Remain

A Cuban Court has dropped charges against a Protestant pastor who went on trial this month for alleged involvement in “human trafficking”, but the church leader cautioned he may still be prosecuted in the near future, activists told BosNewsLife Thursday, December 14.

“Severe Violations” Of Religious Freedom in Colombia

A new report details for the first time the extent of religious freedom violations in Colombia, including targeted assassinations of pastors or church leaders, the kidnapping or forced disappearance of at least three others, and the attempted assassination of a pastor that left more that 70 bullets embedded in his body, BosNewsLife monitored Wednesday, October 11.

Canada Evangelist Arrested For Preaching Near Festival

A Canadian evangelist in Canada’s province of Alberta was due in court Thursday, September 7, on charges of “obstruction of justice, trespassing and disturbing the peace” during a theater festival where he preached and spoke with tarot card readers and other occult practitioners.

Leading Cuban Christian Dissident Antunez Beaten In Prison

Prison authorities have “brutally beaten” Jorge Luis García Perez (Antunez), an influential Christian dissident serving an 18-year prison sentence in Cuba on charges of “spreading propaganda”, he and fellow activists confirmed Friday, August 25.

Colombia Mother Of Four “Murdered” For Evangelizing

Leftist rebels in Colombia’s Meta Province hired a gunman to assassinate a Christian mother of four because she refused to stop proclaiming Christ, Christian rights investigators confirmed Friday, July 28.

Mexico Releases Evangelicals Jailed Over Massacre

Mexican authorities have agreed to release some of 90 jailed men, including evangelical Christians, who were charged with involvement in killing 45 Tzotzil Indians in southeast Mexico in 1997, sources close to the negotiations said Monday, July 10.

Cuba Jails Evangelical Church Leader

An evangelical pastor who served as national president of his denomination until last year has been jailed by Cuban authorities, apparently on charges of aiding emigrants who sought to leave the country illegally, a Christian news agency reported Thursday, March 2.

Cuba Churches Warn Of Government Mob Attacks Against Activists

Church leaders trying to represent the exiled Cuban community in the United States have urged Cubans not to participate in ‘government-organized mobs’ which they claim increasingly harass human rights activists, including Christians, in Cuba.

New Tribes Obeys Order to Leave Tribal Venezuela

Complying with President Hugo Chavez’s order to leave Venezuela’s indigenous lands by today, the last two New Tribes Mission (NTM) workers left the area late last week.

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