A Cuban pastor has been released after six months in prison without trial.
Rev Jesús Noel Carballeda, 45, from Havana was being held in Valle Grande prison in San Antonio de los Baños for holding unauthorised religious services. He was released on 31 August.
Carballeda's church is linked to the Apostolic Movement, a fast growing network of protestant churches which the Cuban government has refused to register. Because of this status, all of the movement's activities are technically illegal and they can't apply for permits for a designated place of worship...
...Carballeda's detention is part of a larger crackdown on religious freedom in Cuba over the past few years, according to religious freedom charity Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW).
CSW documented 220 separate cases of religious freedom violations in 2014, up from 185 in 2013 and 120 in 2012...
Rev Jesús Noel Carballeda, 45, from Havana was being held in Valle Grande prison in San Antonio de los Baños for holding unauthorised religious services. He was released on 31 August.
Carballeda's church is linked to the Apostolic Movement, a fast growing network of protestant churches which the Cuban government has refused to register. Because of this status, all of the movement's activities are technically illegal and they can't apply for permits for a designated place of worship...
...Carballeda's detention is part of a larger crackdown on religious freedom in Cuba over the past few years, according to religious freedom charity Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW).
CSW documented 220 separate cases of religious freedom violations in 2014, up from 185 in 2013 and 120 in 2012...
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