Sudan government demolishes church despite pending appeal
World Watch Monitor The demolished Sudan Presbyterian Evangelical Church in Haj Yousif. PICTURE: World Watch Monitor A church belonging to the Sudan Presbyterian Evangelical Church (SPEC) denomination in the Khartoum suburb of Haj Yousif was demolished on Sunday. The police arrived with three lorries shortly after the Sunday morning service and confiscated furniture, Bibles and […]
Sudan church leader re-arrested, with at least six more, over government pressure for property
World Watch Monitor A Sudan church leader who already spent Christmas, 2015, in prison on charges of ‘spying’ – he was freed due to a lack of evidence after 19 days – has been re-arrested for a day, along with five other fellow church leaders. Those arrested belong to the Sudan Church of Christ (SCOC) […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]