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December 28, 2008

50 years of communism in Cuba ...

... 50 years of no religious freedom.

BosNewsLife reports:

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.

UK-based Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) said Reverend Robert Rodriguez, pastor of the Los Pinos Nuevos de Sagua la Grande Church and national president of the Interdenominational Fellowship of Evangelical Pastors and Ministers in Cuba (CIMPEC) would face a court Monday, December 29, after he and his son, and fellow pastor, Eric Gabriel Rodriguez del Toro were accused of “offensive behaviour” by a neighbour.

The neighbour "has carried out a government-campaign of harassment with the apparent support of local government officials, against the families for a number of years," CSW told BosNewsLife.

"Prosecutors are requesting that Pastor Rodriguez be given a one-year prison sentence," during the trial on Monday, December 29, the group added. There was no immediate comment from Cuban officials.

Read the rest here.

Posted by on December 28, 2008 at 03:52 PM in Cuba, Religion |

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