Tag: Peter Yen

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

S. Sudan pastors’ trial in Khartoum delayed

May 14, 2015 Sudan Khartoum, NISS, Peter Yen, South Sudan, Yat Michael

German news agency, DPA, reports from one of its stringers in Khartoum that there’s been a delay to the trial of two South Sudanese pastors arrested and for a long time held without charge. Due to the absence of a representative from the National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) today, . . . Read More

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