En Cuba un Pastor bautista es amenazado después de hacer denuncias.

• Pastor amenazado.
  Por: Leafar Pėrez.*
  LA HABANA, Cuba, 31 de agosto 2009 - El Pastor José Carlos Pérez, graduado en el Seminario Bautista de Cuba (Convención Bautista de Cuba Occidental) en el 1991, ha sido amenazado para que no predique en contra del gobierno.
  El Reverendo, que ha realizado su labor en varias misiones, confrontó problemas en la Iglesia Bautista de Cárdenas al criticar la postura de representantes de varias denominaciones protestantes que guardan silencio ante las violaciones de los derechos humanos en Cuba. También fue censurado por realizar visitas a los familiares de presos políticos y ofrecer servicios religiosos a los disidentes.
  "Por estas razones –expresó el Pastor- tuve que dejar la Iglesia Bautista de Cárdenas, y por condenar públicamente el acercamiento de la jerarquía bautista al gobierno de Raúl Castro, fui separado de la Convención Bautista de Cuba Occidental.
  Además, enfrento ahora mismo una campaña de descrédito contra mi persona y mi trabajo pastoral. El predicador, según dijo a este reportero, recibe llamadas telefónicas anónimas para convencerlo de que cambie su actitud y se aleje de los opositores.
  *Periodista independiente cubano.
  Fuente: Cubanet.
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Cuba: Pastor's wife faces court after losing baby in attack

A Cuban pastor’s wife who miscarried after a neighbor attacked her went on trial on Monday, accused by the authorities of ‘disturbing the public order’ during the incident.
Gilianys Meneses Rodriguez, wife of Pastor Eric Gabriel Rodriguez, was attacked on the street by the wife of a neighbor in December 2008.
Christian Solidarity Worldwide said the attack was the latest in a campaign of harassment against the Rodriguez family, carried out with the tacit support of the authorities, due to the families’ involvement in the Interdenominational Fellowship of Evangelical Pastors and Ministers in Cuba's (CIMPEC) decision to leave the Cuban Council of Churches (CCC).
The neighbors first contaminated the families’ drinking water well, and broke the water pipes and septic tank, before accusing Gilianys’ husband of aggressive behaviour.
CSW said Gilianys miscarried after eight weeks pregnancy as a result of the attack. The entire family has been forced to move away from their home in Placetas due to concerns for their safety.
Gilianys, a mother of two girls, is now the third member of the Rodriguez family to be summoned to appear before the Placetas Tribunal.
Her father-in-law, Rev Roberto Rodriguez, was national president of CIMPEC until October 2008 when the Cuban authorities removed him, following the decision of CIMPEC to withdraw from the CCC. CIMPEC cited illegal government interference in their internal affairs as the reason for their withdrawal.
The harassment and legal proceedings against the family began after the difficulties between CIMPEC and the CCC. Rev Roberto Rodriguez has since been summoned to appear in court four times on charges of "threatening behaviour".
Gilianys’ husband, Pastor Eric Gabriel Rodriguez, was tried on the same charges as his father in December 2008 and has been sentenced to one year probation.
There has been an increase in reported violations of religious liberty since Raul Castro took power in early 2008.
Mervyn Thomas, Chief Executive of CSW, said: “We strongly condemn the legal persecution of the Rodriguez family and in particular the latest charges against Gilianys Meneses who has already suffered terrible personal injustice.
"We call on members of the international community to raise the case with the Cuban government as a matter of urgent concern and ensure the harassment of this family ceases.”
Source: Christian Today
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Photo: Pastor Rodriguez and Family.