Cuba Pentecostal Pastor Injured In Violent Attack, Christians say

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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.

NEWS ALERT: Cuban Christian Activist Caballero Arrives In US

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By BosNewsLife Americas Service MIAMI/HAVANA (BosNewsLife)-- A prominent Christian rights activist and independent journalist from Cuba is spending her first weekend in freedom after arriving in the United States to escape reported persecution at home, her supporters confirmed.

BREAKING NEWS: Cuba Prominent Church Leader On Trial

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By BosNewsLife News Center fidel-castroHAVANA, CUBA (BosNewsLife)-- A prominent evangelical church leader in Cuba will be put on trial next week and is facing a one-year prison sentence as part of what his supporters call "a government campaign to silence and discredit him," because of his refusal to work with the state-backed church organization, a Christian advocacy group confirmed Saturday, December 27.

Pastor’s Wife Facing Cuban Court

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By BosNewsLife News Center raul-castro-ruz_3001HAVANA, CUBA (BosNewsLife)-- A Pastor’s wife who miscarried after a neighbour attacked her was due to facing a Cuban court Monday, August 17, on charges of “disturbing the public order” on that day, an international advocacy group said.

Cuba Urged To Let Church Leader, Family Leave Island

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By BosNewsLife Americas Service with BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos
HAVANA, CUBA (BosNewsLife)-- The leader of a major Cuban network of independent churches and his family have urged Cuba's government to let them leave the Communist-run island following years of harassment, including imprisonment, Christian rights activists told BosNewsLife Monday, November 7.
 

Cuba Detains Church Leader Rodriguez

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By George Whitten, BosNewsLife Senior International Correspondent HAVANA, CUBA (BosNewsLife)-- A well-known church leader in Cuba has been unexpectedly detained on trumped up charges of "offensive behavior" and "threats" a Christian human rights organization said Friday, September 3.

NEWS ALERT: Cuba Detains Prominent Catholic Rights Activist, Group Says

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By BosNewsLife Americas Service HAVANA, CUBA (BosNewsLife)-- A Christian advocacy group urged Cuba on Wednesday to release prominent rights activist Jose Daniel Ferrer, a devoted Catholic, who went missing this week in the Communist island nation.  

NEWS ALERT: Cuba Pastor Banned From Preaching After Prison Release

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By BosNewsLife Americas Service HAVANA, CUBA (BosNewsLife)-- Cuba has released an evangelical pastor from a six-and-a-half year prison sentence under condition that he does not preach and remains confined to his home city of Camaguey, representatives said Monday, March 28.

Cuba Evangelical Pastor Sentenced To Six Years Imprisonment

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By BosNewsLife News Center pastorHAVANA, CUBA (BosNewsLife)-- There was international concern Tuesday, July 14, over the detention of a Cuban Evangelical pastor, after news emerged he has been sentenced to six years in prison on charges that include "counter-revolutionary conduct and attitudes" as part of what rights investigators called “mounting state hostility towards religious groups."

Cuba Communist Party ‘Confirms’ Church Crackdown In Leaked Video

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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.