Tag: Khartoum

Sudanese pastor released, but others still face serious charges

January 3, 2017 Sudan Abdulmonem Abdumawla, Apostasy, Hassan Taour, Khartoum, Kuwa Shamal, NISS, Petr Jašek

UPDATE (3 Jan): One of four men detained in Sudan since December 2015 has been released, but three others continue to face charges which could lead to the death penalty or life imprisonment if found guilty. Kuwa Shamal, a Sudanese church leader, was released after a hearing in Khartoum yesterday . . . Read More

Sudanese pastors pressured to ‘inform’ or stand trial

December 16, 2016 Sudan Abdulmonem Abdumawla, Apostasy, Blue Nile, Darfur, Hassan Taour, Islamic extremism, Khartoum, Kuwa Shamal, Nuba Mountains, Omar al-Bashir, Petr Jašek, Refugees, Sharia

Forty-eight-year-old father of three Rev. Yamane Abraha received an ultimatum in Khartoum following a trip to Ethiopia in the autumn of 2015. “[Sudanese government] security threatened me, saying I would have to appear in court either as a witness, or an accused,” the Evangelical Baptist Church of Khartoum pastor told . . . Read More

Sudan detains 6 Christians, threatens to demolish 5 churches

October 12, 2016 Sudan African Union, Churches, Episcopal Church of Sudan, Gadaref, Hassan Taour, Kadugli, Khartoum, Kuwa Shamal, Nuba Mountains, South Kordofan, Sudan

Sudan has detained three church leaders and three church members, meanwhile warning five churches of impending demolition. The six, from the Evangelical Church in Wad Medani (200km southeast of the capital, Khartoum), were briefly arrested on Sunday (9 Oct.) after refusing an order to hand over to the government a . . . Read More

Sudan’s trial of pastors for ‘spying’ continues

September 27, 2016 Sudan Abdulmonem Abdumawla, Hassan Taour, International Criminal Court, Khartoum, Kuwa Shamal, Nuba Mountains, Omar al-Bashir, Petr Jašek, Sharia, South Sudan, Sudan

The trial of four defendants, including two local pastors and a foreign Christian worker, accused of “spying” continued in Khartoum yesterday (26 Sep.), with the prosecutor presenting more “evidence”. The hearing against Rev. Hassan Taour, Rev. Kuwa Shamal (both ethnic Nuba), Czech aid worker Petr Jasek and Darfuri graduate Abdulmonem . . . Read More

Despite human rights abuse, Sudan wants US talks

September 22, 2016 Sudan Abdulmonem Abdumawla, Churches, Genocide, Hassan Taour, Kadugli, Khartoum, Kuwa Shamal, Nuba Mountains, Omar al-Bashir, Petr Jašek, Religious freedom, Sanctions, Sharia, South Kordofan, South Sudan, Sudan, USA

Senior Sudanese and US officials are due to meet today (22 Sep.) in New York to discuss a possible partial lifting of sanctions on Khartoum, Sudanese media reports have said. The hint at possible “rapprochement” between Washington and Khartoum comes despite continued human rights violations by the latter; the Islamist . . . Read More

Prosecutor demands ‘harshest punishment’ for pastors charged with highlighting Sudan Christians’ suffering

August 30, 2016 Sudan Abdulmonem Abdumawla, Hassan Taour, Khartoum, Kuwa Shamal, Nuba Mountains, Peter Yen, Petr Jašek, Religious freedom, Sharia, South Kordofan, South Sudan, SPLM-N, Sudan, Yat Michael

A trial of four men, including two Sudanese church leaders and a foreign aid worker, resumed on 29 August in Khartoum, with Sudan’s prosecution accusing the defendants of highlighting alleged Christian suffering in war-ravaged areas of the country. The four defendants are a Czech Christian aid worker named Petr Jasek; . . . Read More

Sudan pastors charged for ‘claiming persecution of Christians’

August 21, 2016 Sudan Hassan Taour, Khartoum, Kuwa Shamal

The trial of two Sudanese church leaders has started in Khartoum. They are among four Christians accused of trying to tarnish the image of Sudan’s government. According to the Sudan Tribune, Rev. Hassan Taour and Rev. Kuwa Shamal were charged on Sunday (21 August) with “fabricating videos of incidents of claimed . . . Read More

Seven charges against Sudan’s pastors unlawfully detained for months

August 15, 2016 Sudan Churches, Hassan Taour, Khartoum, Kuwa Shamal, Nuba Mountains, Sudan, Sudanese Church of Christ

After eight months of legal limbo, Sudan has finally accused two pastors of at least seven crimes, some punishable by death if proven. Hassan Abduraheem Taour and Kuwa Shamal, both pastors of the beleaguered Sudan Church of Christ, “are accused of complicity to execute a criminal agreement and waging war . . . Read More

Unlawfully detained for months, Sudan church leaders finally in court

August 5, 2016 Sudan Abdulmonem Abdumawla, Apostasy, Bahri, Churches, Hassan Taour, Khartoum, Kuwa Shamal, Mariam Ibrahim, NISS, Nuba Mountains, Peter Yen, South Sudan, Sudan, Sudanese Church of Christ, Yat Michael

After nearly eight months of legal limbo, a Sudanese court has finally seen three detained Christian leaders, while charges against them remain officially “unknown”. Hassan Abduraheem Taour and Kuwa Shamal, both Sudan Church of Christ (SCC) pastors, and Abdulmonem Abdumawla Issa Abdumawla, appeared at the Bahri Criminal Court for a . . . Read More

Khartoum re-arrests pastor, holds others ‘pending serious charges’

May 27, 2016 Sudan Abdulmonem Abdumawla, Bahri, Hassan Taour, Khartoum, Kuwa Shamal, NISS, Nuba Mountains, Sudanese Church of Christ, Telal Rata

Five months since his initial detention, Sudan’s intelligence agency has re-arrested a local pastor. Rev. Kuwa Shamal joins at least two more Christian leaders in prison, awaiting charges that could carry the death penalty. He was re-arrested on May 24 by members of the National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) . . . Read More

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