On 23 February, Boko Haram insurgents carried out attacks outside the borders of Nigeria and began attacking two villages in northern Cameroon, leaving one person dead and many homes destroyed by fire.
Militias set fire to more than 100 huts, and a Catholic church and school. The fires claimed the life of one person. According to a survivor, militants arrived in the villages ‘and simply did as they pleased’. There was no resistance from security forces.
Cuba: right violation
Christian Solidarity Worldwide
A prominent Cuban advocate for freedom of religion or belief (FoRB), Leonardo Rodríguez Alonso, was detained on 28 February in Villa Clara, and is being held without charge in Santa Clara.
He was arrested on his way home from the town of Caibarién, where he was leading meetings with human rights defenders who were discussing responses to a series of FoRB violations affecting Apostolic Movement churches in central and eastern Cuba.
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