Tag: NISS

Sudan: Three churches burned down twice within one month

February 3, 2020 Sudan Blue Nile, Churches, NISS, South Kordofan, Sudan

Pulpit in the Al Gadaref Lutheran Church, eastern Sudan, following an arson attack in 2015. (Photo: World Watch Monitor)

Three churches in Sudan’s southern Blue Nile state, rebuilt after arson attacks in December, were burned down again in January, reports a Sudanese rights organisation. On the evening of 28 December, the Sudan Internal Church, Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church in Bout town, near the border with South Sudan, . . . Read More

Sudanese church leader charged with apostasy

October 26, 2018 Sudan Apostasy, Darfur, Mariam Ibrahim, NISS, Nuba Mountains, Nyala, Police, Sudan

Yousef denied to recant his Christian faith and now faces apostasy charges for which he can receive the death penalty. (Photo: UNAMID via Flickr; CC 2.0)

A Sudanese church leader is scheduled to appear in a Darfuri court on Sunday, 28 October, on charges of apostasy, after he refused to recant his faith while in police custody, Middle East Concern (MEC) reports. Tajadin Idris Yousef was the leader of the group of 13 Sudanese Christians taken . . . Read More

Sudanese Christians beaten before release

October 23, 2018 Sudan Darfur, Mariam Ibrahim, NISS, Nyala, Religious freedom, Sudan

It is not clear if any of the released Christians will face further prosecution. (Photo: Getty Images)

A group of Darfuri Christians arrested last week have now been released but only after they faced severe pressure for their faith and were beaten while in detention, a local source has told World Watch Monitor. The group of 13 Christians were taken by security officials from a home they . . . Read More

Sudan: 13 Christians arrested in Darfur, another church told to hand over property

October 17, 2018 Sudan Darfur, NISS, Nyala, Omdurman, Sudan, Sudanese Church of Christ

Sudan's Christians feel that recent developments such as the handing back of property to churches and the release of a shipment of Bibles, were merely "cosmetic" efforts to placate the international community into normalising relations. (Photo: Getty Images)

Sudanese security officials arrested 13 Christians in the western region of Darfur on Saturday, 13 October. The Christians were taken from a home they share in the city of Nyala, southwest Darfur, by officials belonging to the National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) but it is not clear on what . . . Read More

US tells Sudan to ‘immediately suspend’ church demolitions

November 20, 2017 Sudan Censorship, Churches, Mariam Ibrahim, Minorities, NISS, Pentecostals, Religious freedom, Sanctions, Sudan, Sudan Presbyterian Evangelical Church, Sudanese Church of Christ, USA

The US Deputy Secretary of State has called on Sudan to “immediately suspend” its demolition of churches and to hold a roundtable discussion with Christian leaders to resolve disputes. John J. Sullivan, speaking at the Al-Neelain Mosque in Omdurman on Friday (17 November), said “the treatment of members of religious . . . Read More

Government again pressures Sudanese Church of Christ leaders

October 23, 2017 Sudan Khartoum, Kuwa Shamal, NISS, Omdurman, Pentecostals, Sudan, Sudanese Church of Christ

Leaders of the Sudanese Church of Christ (SCOC) have been detained for some hours in the capital, Khartoum, during which they were ordered to hand over ownership of their church to government officials, by transferring authority from an elected committee to a state-sanctioned rival committee. The five men, who, according to . . . Read More

Sudan churches risk letter to government on ‘systematic violations’, including church demolition

June 23, 2017 Sudan Algadisia, Bahri, Khartoum, NISS, Omar al-Bashir, Omdurman, Pentecostals, Sudanese Church of Christ

The Sudanese Church of Christ (SCOC) has written an open letter to the Khartoum government protesting “the systematic violation of Christian religious freedoms”, including the recent demolition of one of their churches in the Suba area of the capital, Khartoum. The SCOC represents about 220,000 of about two million Christians . . . Read More

Sudan: Justice criticises NISS intelligence agency

March 3, 2017 Sudan Abdulmonem Abdumawla, Hassan Taour, Human rights, Minorities, NISS, Peter Yen, Petr Jašek, Sudan, Yat Michael

Sudan’s Deputy Chief Justice has denounced “ongoing arbitrary arrests” by Sudan’s National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS). “The security apparatus should not be left to do whatever it wants,” said Justice Abdulmajid Idris, who also criticised long periods of detention without trial. The NISS has been involved in the arrest . . . Read More

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

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

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