WCC HEAD CALLS ON SUDANESE PRESIDENT TO PREVENT SENTENCE OF FLOGGING AND EXECUTION GIVEN TO CHRISTIAN WOMAN ACCUSED OF ADULTERY AND APOSTASY
24th May, 2014 World Council of Churches head, Rev Dr Olav Fyske Tveit has urged Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir to prevent the "unjust and unconscionable" sentence of 100 lashes and execution handed down to a 27-year-old Sudanese woman accused of adultery and apostasy. In a letter to the Sudanese president, Rev Dr Tveit, general secretary […]