E/CN.4/1990/46 page 29 "(c) 29-30 October 1983: 'Turbas Divinas' conducted co-ordinated attacks against 25 churches of the archbishopric of Managua; some services were disrupted; physical attacks were made against priests in San Judas; "(d) February 1984: attacks by the Nicaraguan army and severe torturing of the preacher of the Pentecostal Mission in El Tendido (name provided); "(e) 17 June 1984: physical attacks against the priest in El Sauce during Mass; "(f) 21 June 1984: the 'Turbas Divinas1 attacked the Catholic priest (name provided) of Belo Horizonte; "(g) 17 June and 9 July 1984: unknown persons attacked the Catholic priest (name provided) in Santa Ana. "The following cases of short-term detention of ministers, lay workers and priests were reported for the period between spring and fall 1985: (nine names provided). "The following cases of long-term sentences for religious reasons have been reported: (four names provided). "It has been reported that a number of Catholic priests, members of orders and evangelical ministers have been expelled from the country. The following cases have been reported in this connection: "(a) 13 January 1982: expulsion of two Capuchin friars and two nuns of Santa Ines; "(b) 16 August 1982: expulsion of a Salesian priest; "(c) May 1983: expulsion of a priest of the prelacy of Gigalpa; "(d) 31 October 1983: "(e) 10 July 1984: expulsion of two Salesian priests; expulsion of 10 Catholic priests; "(f) 28 June 1986: expulsion of (name provided), spokesman of the archbishopric of Managua; "(g) 4 July 1986: expulsion of (name provided), Bishop of Gigalpa." 65. On 15 February 1989, the Permanent Mission of Nicaragua sent the Special Rapporteur its comments on the above information. In its communication it states that both the Political Constitution, as the country's fundamental law, and the Statute on the Rights and Guarantees of Nicaraguans fully guarantee freedom of conscience and worship, offences against freedom of conscience and worship being set out in the Penal Code. It goes on to say that: "With the triumph of the People's Sandinista Revolution, the Church in Nicaragua has for the first time in its history been given the