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 verdict came on Sunday in a trial in Khartoum which has also included Sudan Church of Christ leader Hassan Taour and Darfuri graduate Abdulmonem Abdumawla. They were also first detained in December 2015, alongside another Church of Christ pastor, Kuwa Shamal, who was released earlier this month.
Mr Taour and Mr Abdumawla have faced only the last two of the charges against Jasek.
WWM does not yet know the verdict in their two cases. Word of Jasek’s sentence came from the Czech Foreign Ministry.
