Everyone has the fundamental human right to live and speak the truth, and when repression hits, these are often the first liberties under attack. The right to freely speak one’s mind exposes repressive regimes for what they are, driving dictatorships to clamp down on free speech and the free exercise of religion. The crisis of human rights happening in Nicaragua today highlights this age-old trend in action. All who dare to speak out against the Ortega regime risk brutal silencing and punishing at the hands of the state, and one leader in particular, <a href="https://adfinternational.org/bishop-rolando-alvarez/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bishop Rolando Álvarez</a>, has garnered international attention for his steadfast fidelity to the truth. 
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