# UN experts documented continued restrictions and arrests affecting religious organizations

Date: 2024

United Nations special-procedure mandate holders recorded allegations of systematic restrictions on freedom of religion or belief, arbitrary detention of members of the religious organization Puerta de la Montaña, cancellation of nonprofit entities linked to evangelical churches and confiscation of property. The communication followed earlier UN reporting concerning systematic harassment of Catholic clergy and the arbitrary detention of Bishop Rolando Álvarez. [SP Comm Reports](https://spcommreports.ohchr.org/TmSearch/RelCom?code=NIC%2F2024\&utm_source=chatgpt.com)

## Drivers

- Ortega–Murillo family autocracy: https://factrail.ai/drivers/ortega-family-autocracy

## Sources

- https://spcommreports.ohchr.org/TmSearch/SearchCode?code=NIC+2%2F2022%3B+NIC+2%2F2024%3B+NIC+1%2F2025%3B+NIC+2%2F2023
- https://spcommreports.ohchr.org/TmSearch/RelCom?code=NIC+2%2F2024

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/religious-harassment-special-procedures-2024