{"id":29514,"date":"2021-11-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-04T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/csw-yeo.1wp.site\/press\/all-party-parliamentary-group-condemns-targeting-of-religious-leaders-5469\/"},"modified":"2026-09-23T19:04:49","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T18:04:49","slug":"all-party-parliamentary-group-condemns-targeting-of-religious-leaders-5469","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/press\/all-party-parliamentary-group-condemns-targeting-of-religious-leaders-5469\/","title":{"rendered":"All Party Parliamentary Group condemns targeting of religious leaders following nationwide protests"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/a156ee76c7b885ee995f5a5cce58aea0.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for International Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB) has issued a <a href=\"https:\/\/appgfreedomofreligionorbelief.org\/appg-forb-statement-on-the-targeting-of-religious-leaders-by-the-cuban-government-following-nationwide-july-protests\/\">statement<\/a> condemning the Cuban Government\u2019s ongoing targeting of religious leaders following unprecedented nationwide protests which began on 11 July 2021.<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the statement, the APPG \u201ccalls on the UK Government to raise human rights abuses with the Cuban Government, in particular the rights to freedom of assembly, expression, and religion or belief.\u201d The case of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/2021\/10\/27\/report\/5462\/article.htm\/\">Pastor Lorenzo Rosales Fajardo<\/a>, a Protestant pastor who was detained by State Security agents in Palma Soriano on 11 July is referenced in the statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pastor Lorenzo Rosales Fajardo has been imprisoned since his arrest and has suffered physical abuse at the hands of his prison guards. Pastor Rosales Fajardo\u2019s wife was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/2021\/10\/25\/presionar\/5460\/article.htm\/\">recently informed<\/a> that the government is seeking to impose a 10-year prison sentence against him on charges of \u2018disrespect\u2019, public disorder\u2019, \u2018criminal incitement\u2019 and \u2018assault\u2019. He has not yet faced trial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CSW\u2019s Head of Advocacy Anna Lee Stangl said: <b><i>\u201cCSW welcomes this strong intervention by the APPG and echoes its call to the UK government to raise the ongoing violations of human rights against religious leaders with the Cuban Communist Party at every opportunity. We encourage other states to do the same and to ensure that questions are asked about the cases of religious leaders like Pastor Lorenzo Rosales Fajardo whenever possible. We continue to call for his immediate and unconditional release. He should be reunited with his family, not facing a 10-year prison sentence.\u201d<\/i><\/b><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The APPG for International Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB) has issued a statement condemning the Cuban Governments ongoing targeting of religious leaders following unprecedented nationwide protests<\/p>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":43651,"template":"","categories":[],"regions":[140,137],"class_list":["post-29514","press","type-press","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","regions-cuba","regions-latin-america"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press\/29514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press\/29514\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40098,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press\/29514\/revisions\/40098"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29514"},{"taxonomy":"regions","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/regions?post=29514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}