Posted on 03/28/2023 6:13:11 PM PDT by marshmallow
Washington D.C., Mar 23, 2023 / 17:14 pm Recently released political prisoners and human rights activists testified before members of Congress Wednesday about the ongoing persecution in Nicaragua, which one witness called an “unholy war against the Catholic Church.”
In recent years, the Nicaraguan government under Daniel Ortega has detained, imprisoned, and likely tortured numerous Catholic leaders, targeting at least one bishop and several priests.
In addition, the Ortega regime has repressed Catholic radio and television stations and driven Catholic religious orders, including the Missionaries of Charity, from the country.
Among those to testify March 22 was Juan Sebastian Chamorro, a former presidential candidate opposed to the Ortega regime who detailed his arrest and imprisonment.
“I was kidnapped by the police from my house the night of June 8, 2021. I was captured in front of my wife and my daughter … My family did not know anything about me until I was able to see my sister … almost three months after my arrest,” he said.
“Today, as the result of this authoritarian project in Nicaragua, there is no law, there is no media, and there are no civil rights.”
Other witnesses included Bianca Jagger, a Nicaraguan human rights activist and former actress, and Felix Maradiaga, a Nicaraguan scholar and activist who is another recently freed political prisoner. It was Jagger who called the repression an “unholy war against the Catholic Church and civil society in Nicaragua.”
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That would be John “Lurch” Kerry’s best buddy, Daniel Ortega. Two radical Stalinist peas in a pod.
Bergoglio doesn’t seem to mind.
And good ole Smilin’ Sinator Tommy Harkin in the middle. Those Demonrats sure do love these Communist dictators.
And his other best buddy, Tommy The Commie Harkin, US Senator and proud Catholic.
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