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Christians arrested in Sudan

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Christians arrested in Sudan

Wed 30 Dec 2015
By Hannah Tooley

Reports from Sudan suggest that several pastors and other Christians have been detained following a spate of church demolitions in the country.

It is believed the demolitions and burning of places of worship are part of a wider attempt to enforce Islamic rule in the nation.

BosNewsLife has reported that two pastors of the Sudan Church of Christ (SCOC) have been detained.

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Rights Groups Stirring Over Sudan President’s Travels

Plans by Sudan’s president to attend a World War II victory commemoration in China next week and a United Nations session later next month have angered rights groups seeking to remind the world about the international warrants for his arrest.

The Sudanese leader, Omar al-Bashir, who is wanted for prosecution by theInternational Criminal Court at The Hague on charges including genocide and war crimes in the country’s Darfur region, has eluded the warrants since the first one was issued in 2009.

“It is outrageous that anyone would welcome him into their border without arresting him,” Tom Andrews, president of the Save Darfur Coalition, a Washington-based advocacy group, said Thursday.

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Report Details New Atrocities in Darfur by Sudanese Force

 

Government forces drive through a village in the Darfur region of Sudan, where Human Rights Watch says campaigns of mass killing and rape are again occurring. CreditAbd Raouf/Associated Press

 

A Sudanese government counterinsurgency force has carried out two campaigns of killings and mass rape in the Darfur region since early 2014,Human Rights Watch said Wednesday in a report that evoked the atrocities committed there by the feared janjaweed militia a decade ago.

The 88-page report, based on interviews with 212 victims and witnesses, describes in detail the accusations against the Sudanese unit, known as the Rapid Support Forces, and says they amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity.

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Sudanese security enjoys “good relations” with the CIA: NISS chief

December 23, 2015 (KHARTOUM) - The director of Sudan’s National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) Mohamed Atta said his agency maintains “good ties” with the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

Atta said in an interview with the Al-Sudani newspaper Wednesday that relations between the NISS and the CIA date back to the late 1990s of the past century.

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Ambassador Alia Hatoug Boura and his Majesty King Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein: Stop the Jordanian government from deporting hundreds of Darfuri refugees in Jordan to Sudan.

Ambassador Alia Hatoug Boura and his Majesty King Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein: Stop the Jordanian government from deporting hundreds of Darfuri refugees in Jordan to Sudan.
The Jordanian government and UNHCR in Jordan must respect international laws and protect the genocide affected refugees from Sudan.

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Media update regarding the status of the detainee Imad Elsadig Hamdon

Media update regarding the status of the detainee Imad Elsadig Hamdon

For the the third day since the 14th of December 2015, NISS continue to detain Imad with out taking any formal steps to present him to court or revealing his current medical situation.
On the first day of his detention, his brother received a phone call from a blocked number from someone who claimed to be an intelligence officer whom allowed Imad to talk with his brother in the phone and report to him that he is detained in NISS headquarter in Khartoum North near Shendi transportation stop

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