Czech aid worker gets 20 years for ‘war against’ Sudan
World Watch Monitor Czech aid worker Petr Jašek has been sentenced to 20 years in prison in Sudan after being found guilty of charges which included waging war against the state, violating restrictions in military areas, spreading rumours to defame the state, and inciting strife between communities. He’s already been in prison for more than a year. The […]
Trump’s immigration bans meet with a sharp response from some US Christian leaders
Some Christian leaders, many invoking the Biblical command to welcome the stranger, have lambasted US President Donald Trump’s Friday orders which have indefinitely banned Syrian refugees from the US and temporarily banned refugees from other countries and visa-holders from seven Muslim-majority nations. Media organisations have reported that under the bans, the US refugee program has […]
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