“Finally my father is home” – Slimane Bouhafs released after 18 months in Algerian jail
World Watch Monitor The daughter of Slimane Bouhafs, an Algerian Christian who has spent the last 18 months in prison for insulting Islam and its prophet, has announced her father’s release. “Finally my father…has been allowed back to us,” his daughter, Tilelli, wrote on her Facebook page on Easter Saturday. “Thank you for your support.” […]
Algerian Christian on hunger strike after parole rejected
World Watch Monitor Slimane Bouhafs was sentenced to five years in prison for “blasphemous” comments on Facebook. PICTURE: World Watch Monitor An Algerian court has rejected a parole application for Slimane Bouhafs, an Algerian Christian jailed for five years for blasphemy in September 2016, despite his deteriorating health. Mr Bouhafs heard the news on 2nd […]
Jailed Algerian Christian receives partial presidential pardon
World Watch Monitor A Christian imprisoned for three years for “insulting Islam and the prophet Muhammad” in his social media posts has received a partial presidential pardon. Slimane Bouhafs, who converted to Christianity from Islam in 1997, was arrested almost a year ago on 31st July, 2016, for posting a message on social media about the light of […]
Protests in Algeria call for release of ill Christian
World Watch Monitor Protesters in Algeria have called for the release of Slimane Bouhafs, an evangelical Christian jailed for three years in September for “insulting” Islam and the prophet Muhammad in his social media posts. A crowd gathered in the northern city of Tizi Ouzou lobbied for Mr Bouhafs to be allowed access to medical […]
Algerian Christian’s blasphemy sentence reduced to three years
World Watch Monitor Algerian Christian Slimane Bouhafs has had his five-year jail sentence for committing blasphemy against Islam and its prophet on social media reduced to three years following an appeal. A fine of 100,000 dinars ($US900) was also dropped. Mr Bouhafs, 49, had appealed against the five-year sentence, which was the maximum possible punishment […]
Algerian Christian gets maximum sentence for ‘blasphemy’
World Watch Monitor A Christian in Algeria has been sentenced to five years in prison – the maximum term – and given a heavy fine for blasphemy against Islam and its prophet, for a social media post. Slimane Bouhafs, 49, appeared before a judge on 7th August in the eastern town of Setif (300 kilometres […]