Cuba Detains Christian Dissident And Family
By BosNewsLife Americas Service
HAVANA, CUBA (BosNewsLife)-- Cuba has detained a leading Christian dissident over the weekend along with her husband and teenage son, who were also mistreated, to prevent them from attending Sunday morning church services, rights activists said Tuesday.
Cuba Pentecostal Pastor Injured In Violent Attack, Christians say
By BosNewsLife Americas Service
HAVANA, CUBA (BosNewsLife)-- A Pentecostal pastor in Cuba was recovering of brain damage Tuesday, March 13, after he was assaulted while trying to challenge the confiscation of a church truck by Communist authorities, Christians said.
Cuba Christians Attacked Ahead Of Pope’s Visit, Group Claims
By BosNewsLife Americas Service
HAVANA, CUBA (BosNewsLife)-- Christian rights activists said Friday, March 9, they have detected an "increase in religious freedom violations" in Cuba ranging from preventing people to attend church services, to the seizure of church land, harassment, beatings and imprisonment of church leaders.
Cuba Pastor Denied Visa To Leave Island For U.S.
By BosNewsLife Americas Service
HAVANA, CUBA (BosNewsLife)-- Cuban Pastor Omar Gude Perez, who was jailed on "trumped up charges" for leading a major network of independent churches, has so far been denied a visa to leave Cuba to seek asylum in the United States, a Christian rights group confirmed to BosNewsLife Thursday, January 19.
Cuba Urged To Let Church Leader, Family Leave Island
By BosNewsLife Americas Service with BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos
Cuba Detains Over 20 Christians In New Crackdown, Activists Say
By BosNewsLife Americas Service
HAVANA, CUBA (BosNewsLife)-- Nearly two dozen Christians were briefly detained and prevented from attending a church service in Cuba which was held in support of pastor Pastor Yordi Toranzo who was removed from his post amid government pressure, rights activists confirmed Tuesday, June 28.
Cuba Communist Party ‘Confirms’ Church Crackdown In Leaked Video
By BosNewsLife Americas Services
HAVANA, CUBA (BosNewsLife)-- A leaked video appears to show a Cuban Communist Party official openly confirming a government strategy to target churches affiliated with the fast growing Apostolic Movement, a protestant network.