{"id":2590231,"date":"2026-04-13T14:14:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T18:14:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nicaragua-bans-several-christian-groups-as-persecution-worsens\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T14:17:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T18:17:06","slug":"nicaragua-bans-several-christian-groups-as-persecution-worsens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nicaragua-bans-several-christian-groups-as-persecution-worsens\/","title":{"rendered":"Nicaragua Bans Several Christian Groups As Persecution Worsens"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnicaragua-bans-several-christian-groups-as-persecution-worsens%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2590231&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Nicaragua\u2019s government has banned at least 18 Christian groups, intensifying persecution across the country. A Christian Solidarity Worldwide report identifies 15 Protestant groups and 3 Roman Catholic groups stripped of legal status in 2025, affecting schools, religious radio and television outlets, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-really-wants-to-force-nurses-to-murder-children-even-though-it-terrorizes-their-souls\/\" title=\"Biden Administration REALLY WANTS TO Force Nurses To Murder Children EVEN THOUGH It Terrorizes Their Souls\">faith-based charities<\/a>, including Lutheran World Relief and Food for the Hungry; the Autonomous Fundamentalist Baptists are also among those affected. After <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-blocks-trump-administration-from-revoking-legal-status-of-haitian-and-venezuelan-immigrants\/\" title=\"Judge blocks Trump administration from revoking ... of Haitian and Venezuelan immigrants\">revoking legal status<\/a>, the government has sometimes seized the groups\u2019 property. Specific cases include a religiously affiliated school that was allowed to operate for nine months before its premises where repurposed as a police station, and a Protestant nonprofit whose headquarters were fenced off with yellow tape with buildings and contents claimed by the attorney general. church leaders have faced questioning about sermons and other expressions, with threats regularly reported, and some Christians have had their citizenship arbitrarily revoked upon leaving the country; a priest was denied boarding in the United States, and a journalist and Protestant pastor faced expulsion. The report urges restoring citizenship to those arbitrarily stripped, reinstating the legal status of civil society organizations, and unfreezing their bank accounts.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The government of Nicaragua banned at least 18 Christian groups from operating within the country as persecution from the Latin American nation&rsquo;s regime worsens.<\/p>\n<p>Christian Solidarity Worldwide said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/nicaraguareport\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> published last month that they were able to identify 15 Protestant groups and 3 Roman Catholic groups stripped of legal status in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Affected institutions were schools, religious radio and television outlets, and faith-based charities, including Lutheran World Relief and Food for the Hungry,&rdquo; the group said.<\/p>\n<p>The Independent Fundamentalist Baptists were also stripped of their legal status.<\/p>\n<p>After revoking legal status, the government has in some cases taken their property.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadAnyclip() { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst container=document.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!container) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=\"https:\/\/player.anyclip.com\/anyclip-widget\/lre-widget\/prod\/v1\/src\/lre.js\"; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"pubname\", \"westernjournalcom\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"widgetname\", \"001w000001jULVcAAO_M12924\");  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ append inside the container so player shows in correct spot \t\t\t\t\t\tcontainer.appendChild(script); 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 \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadAnyclip(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #anyclipvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#anyclipvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>One religiously affiliated school was allowed to operate for nine months after having its status revoked, with leadership told it would eventually be turned into a state school.<\/p>\n<p>But the premises were instead used as a police station.<\/p>\n<p>A Protestant nonprofit had the perimeter of their headquarters sectioned off with yellow tape, and leaders were told that the buildings and its contents thereafter belonged to the attorney general.<\/p>\n<p>Any group deemed disloyal to the Nicaraguan regime faces repercussions in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Christian leaders also experience severe consequences.<\/p>\n<p>Some have been &ldquo;questioned about the content of their sermons, prayers, and other teaching.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Threats were regularly reported in retaliation for statements or other forms of expression perceived as critical of the government,&rdquo; Christian Solidarity Worldwide said.<\/p>\n<p>In some cases, Nicaraguan Christians have been arbitrarily stripped of their citizenship upon leaving the country.<\/p>\n<p>Jalder Hernandez, a Roman Catholic priest, was visiting the United States last year when he was told in an  from the airline that he would not be allowed to board the plane, and that any questions he had could be directed to the government of Nicaragua.<\/p>\n<p>A journalist and Protestant pastor who wrote about <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >religious issues faced similar expulsion<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Christian Solidarity Worldwide therefore recommended in their report that citizenship should be restored &ldquo;to all those, in and outside the country, from whom it has been arbitrarily removed.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>They also suggested that the regime &ldquo;reinstate the legal status of all civil society organisations which have been arbitrarily made illegal,&rdquo; including by unfreezing their bank accounts.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; 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In a report published last month, Christian Solidarity Worldwide identified 15 Protestant groups and 3 Roman Catholic groups that had their legal status withdrawn in 2025. The affected entities include schools, religious radio and TV outlets, and faith-based charities such as Lutheran World Relief and Food for the Hungry; the Independent Fundamentalist Baptists were among those stripped of status. In some cases, the government has also taken over the groups\u2019 property after revoking their legal status.<\/p>\n<p>There have been concrete instances of punitive measures: a church-affiliated school was allowed to operate for nine months after losing status, with assurances it would become a state school, but its premises were later repurposed as a police station. A Protestant nonprofit had the perimeter of its headquarters taped off with yellow barriers, and leaders were told that the buildings and their contents belonged to the attorney general. Those seen as disloyal to the regime face repercussions, and Christian leaders report frequent questioning about sermons, prayers, and other teachings, along with threats for expressions critical of the government.<\/p>\n<p>Some Nicaraguan Christians have even had their citizenship arbitrarily revoked when leaving the country. For example, Jalder Hernandez, a Roman Catholic priest visiting the United States, was told by the airline he could not board and that questions should be directed to the Nicaraguan government; a journalist and Protestant pastor who wrote about religious issues faced similar expulsion. Christian Solidarity Worldwide therefore urged restoring citizenship to all who have been arbitrarily stripped of it, both inside and outside the country, and reinstating the legal status of civil society organizations that were made illegal, including by unfreezing their bank accounts.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019d like, I can shorten this further, tailor it to a specific audience, or present it in a different style<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2590232,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Michael-Featured-Image-914.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[4929,77692,23023,19118,75807],"class_list":["post-2590231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-bans","tag-christian-groups","tag-nicaragua","tag-persecution","tag-religious-freedom-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Michael-Featured-Image-914.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2590231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2590231"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2590231\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2590237,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2590231\/revisions\/2590237"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2590232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2590231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2590231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2590231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}