Tag: Sudan

Date set for judge to question S Sudan pastors

June 26, 2015 Sudan Mariam Ibrahim, NISS, Peter Yen, Sudan, Yat Michael

The prosecution in the trial of South Sudanese pastors Yat Michael and Peter Yen closed its case on 25 June after presenting its final witness, an officer of the National Intelligence and Security Service, but no new evidence. The two men will next appear in court on 2 July, when . . . Read More

Sudan’s treatment of minorities ‘woeful’

June 24, 2015 Sudan Khartoum, Minorities, Peter Yen, South Sudan, Sudan, Yat Michael

In highlighting the case of two South Sudanese pastors on trial in neighbouring Sudan to the north, Yat Michael and Peter Yen, the BBC’s former correspondent there, James Copnall, throws light on Sudan’s treatment of its minorities (3%). He takes a close look at the reasons behind historical conflict before . . . Read More

No new evidence in South Sudanese pastors’ trial

June 17, 2015 Sudan NISS, Peter Yen, South Sudan, Sudan, Yat Michael

Prosecutors could not present any new evidence at the Khartoum trial of South Sudanese pastors Yat Michael, 49, and Peter Yen, 37, which resumed on 15 June. At the latest hearing on Monday, officials from Sudan’s National Intelligence and Security Services repeated statements made earlier in the trial, according to . . . Read More

S. Sudan pastors face death penalty on charges of sedition and spying

June 4, 2015 Sudan Darfur, East Africa, Mariam Ibrahim, NISS, Peter Yen, South Kordofan, South Sudan, Sudan, Yat Michael

After several false starts, the trial of two South Sudanese pastors, Yat Michael, 49, and Peter Yen, 37, who stand accused of crimes against the state of Sudan and could face the death penalty, has been rescheduled again to 15 June. The court is then due to hear testimony from . . . Read More

EU ‘must do more’ to stop religious freedom abuses

June 4, 2015 Global News -- No Particular Country Brunei, Central African Republic, Eritrea, Europe, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Maldives, Myanmar, North Korea, Pakistan, Religious freedom, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Yemen

Left to right: MEP Dennis de Jong, USCIRF’s Katrina Lantos Swett, EEAS’s Silvio Gonzato, and MEP Peter van Dalen at the report’s launch in Brussels on 3 June.Courtesy European Parliament Intergroup The new European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs, Federica Mogherini, said in October 2014 that upholding the . . . Read More

UPDATE: Trial of S. Sudan pastors begins, then is delayed

May 18, 2015 Sudan East Africa, Khartoum, NISS, Omdurman, South Sudan, Sudan, Sudan Presbyterian Evangelical Church

UPDATE (19 May) After the 19 May start of the trial of Yat Michael and Peter Yein, the judge ordered a 12-day recess. Nahmia Shaloka, a Sudanese lawyer who left the country because of his human rights activity and now lives in the United States, said a judge of Khartoum . . . Read More

Internally displaced reach record high

May 7, 2015 Global News -- No Particular Country Democratic Republic of the Congo, IDPs, Iraq, Nigeria, Refugees, Sudan

The number of internally displaced people (IDPs) around the world is the “worst in a generation” according to a new report by the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC). A record-breaking 38 million have been displaced within their own country by conflict or violence. Iraq, South Sudan, Syria, Democratic Republic of Congo . . . Read More

2014: A year of particular concern

April 30, 2015 Global News -- No Particular Country Anti-balaka, Bashar al-Assad, BJP, Boko Haram, Central African Republic, Chibok girls, Chin, China, Egypt, Eritrea, Ghar Wapsi, Hindu nationalism, India, Iran, Iraq, Islamic State, Kachin, Kano, Myanmar, Nigeria, North Korea, Pakistan, Potiskum, Rohingya, Saudi Arabia, Seleka, Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, USA, Uzbekistan, Vietnam

If ever there were a year that made plain the importance of religious freedom, 2014 was it, according to the just-released annual report by an American government advisory group. “By any measure, the horrors of the past year speak volumes about how and why religious freedom and the protection of the . . . Read More

‘Freedom of Religion’: comprehensive report launch

November 4, 2014 Global News -- No Particular Country Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Central African Republic, China, Cuba, Egypt, Eritrea, Iran, Libya, Maldives, Myanmar, Nigeria, North Korea, Pakistan, Qatar, Religious freedom, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Yemen, Zimbabwe

A report showing that religious freedom is compromised in nearly 60 percent of countries worldwide is expected to send a signal to governments and religious leaders that this is an issue that can no longer be ignored. The international Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need’s Religious Freedom in . . . Read More

Gender equality suffers under faith restrictions

October 8, 2014 Global News -- No Particular Country Afghanistan, Egypt, India, Iraq, Pakistan, Sudan, Women

The rights of women and girls declines rapidly, the greater a country’s level of religious intolerance, a new study claims. The study is by the Religious Freedom and Business Association, run by Brian Grim, former Pew Research Centre Religion expert. He analysed data from Pew’s Government Restrictions on Religion Index . . . Read More

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