Nicaragua bishops condemn attacks on protesters, Jesuit university

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Nicaragua bishops condemn attacks on protesters, Jesuit university

MEXICO CITY (CNS) -- Nicaragua's bishops have demanded an end to police and paramilitary attacks on unarmed protesters, who have continued to call for the Central American country's authoritarian president to step aside.

The bishops issued an urgent statement May 31, the morning after an especially brutal crackdown on protesters, which claimed at least 13 lives, according to media reports.

"The bishops of Nicaragua have experienced with deep pain, the violent events perpetrated last night by armed groups related to the government against the civil population. We energetically condemn all these violent acts," the Nicaraguan bishops' conference said in the statement.

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