Gender: Male

Perpetrator: Nicaragua

Religion or Belief: Unspecified

Date of Detainment: November/29/2023

Current Status: Not Released

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

Reason for Persecution: Criticizing Religious Freedom Conditions Online Activity Religious Freedom Advocacy

Nature of Charges: Hate Speech

Freddy Quezada

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Freddy Quezada is imprisoned for criticizing religious freedom conditions.

On November 29, 2023, the Nicaraguan authorities arrested Quezada, a professor, after he criticized the Nicaraguan government's treatment of Bishop Rolando Álvarez on social media.

In January or February 2024, Quezada was found guilty of "incitement to hatred." 

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