(CP) A Nicaraguan bishop has turned to an international human rights commission after being unjustly convicted and imprisoned by his country’s government under the dictatorship of Daniel Ortega.
Bishop Rolando Álvarez of the Catholic Diocese of Matagalpa was convicted of “undermining national integrity” following a highly irregular trial, human rights group ADF International said in a statement, adding that he had been preaching on themes of human dignity and justice, denouncing the Nicaraguan government’s human rights violations against the Catholic Church and its followers.
The bishop was initially barred from celebrating Mass and later arrested and imprisoned without explanation. He was sentenced to 26 years in prison after a trial he was unaware of, said ADF International, which…
