An urgent appeal to let Bishop Alvarez go
November 30, 2023
November 30, 2023
WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 -- Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, issued the following news release:
At a congressional hearing chaired by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) today, members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and exiled prisoners of conscience and their relatives made an urgent appeal for the immediate and unconditional release of imprisoned Catholic Bishop Rolando Alvarez--the only known cleric to remain incarcerated by Nicaraguan dictator Daniel Ortega and his brutal regi . . .
At a congressional hearing chaired by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) today, members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and exiled prisoners of conscience and their relatives made an urgent appeal for the immediate and unconditional release of imprisoned Catholic Bishop Rolando Alvarez--the only known cleric to remain incarcerated by Nicaraguan dictator Daniel Ortega and his brutal regi . . .