EU envoy calls on Sudan to release two convicted of aiding Czech Christian ‘spy’
World Watch Monitor The Special Envoy for the Promotion of Freedom of Religion or Belief outside the EU, Jan Figel, who visited Sudan in mid-March, has called for the pardon of two jailed Sudanese men, one a leader in the Sudan Church of Christ. Both men were sentenced with the now-released Czech aid worker Petr […]
CSW expresses concern over delays in trial of four men, including two pastors, in Sudan
Religious freedom advocacy, Christian Solidarity Worldwide, has expressed concern over delays in the trial of four men, including two pastors, facing charges including waging war against the state, in Sudan. A hearing for the four men – Rev Hassan Abduraheem, Rev Kuwa Shamal, Petr Jašek and Abdulmonem Abdumawla – was scheduled to take place in Khartoum […]
Sudanese clergyman appear in court accused of capital crimes
Two Christian pastors and another man appeared in a Sudanese court on Sunday accused of at least seven crimes including waging war against the state and espionage, both of which carry the death penalty, according to Christian Solidarity Worldwide. The UK-based religious freedom advocacy reported that Rev Hassan Abduraheem, a senior minister and vice moderator of the […]