JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – The second pastor of South Sudanese descent in less than three weeks has been arrested without charges in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, sources said. Sudan’s National Security and Intelligence Services (NISS) arrested the Rev. Peter Yein Reith of the South Sudan Presbyterian Evangelical Church on Jan. 11 as he […]
Sudan Arrests Another South Sudanese Pastor
Second church leader in less than three weeks held without charges.
January 20, 2015 By -
Morning Star News’ Top 10 Persecution Stories of 2014
For once, good news – miraculous righting of horrific injustice in Sudan – tops list.
January 9, 2015 By -
(Morning Star News) – In a year that saw a new level of cruelty unleashed upon Christians and other religious minorities across Syria, Iraq and Africa, one once obscure case of injustice in Sudan turned into a titanic battle that gripped the world’s attention. The battle appeared to be spiritual as much as legal. 1 – […]
South Sudanese Pastor Jailed after Preaching at Church in North Khartoum, Sudan
The Rev. Yat Michael detained since Dec. 14.
December 28, 2014 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Security personnel in Sudan have held a pastor from South Sudan since Dec. 14 after he delivered a sermon at an embattled North Khartoum church. Agents from Sudan’s National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) arrested the Rev. Yat Michael of the South Sudan Presbyterian Evangelical Church after Sunday worship […]
Police in Sudan Attack Worshipping Congregation, Arrest 38 Christians
Church members released after paying fine.
December 3, 2014 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Police in North Khartoum, Sudan yesterday beat, arrested and fined 38 Christians worshipping at Khartoum Bahri Evangelical Church, sources said. After nearly two weeks of raiding and demolishing church property, officers armed with guns and batons arrived at the church compound at 6:30 a.m. on two trucks accompanied […]
Police in Sudan Arrest Church Leaders for Refusing to Surrender Worship Property
Authorities who bulldozed part of compound disperse worshippers.
November 25, 2014 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Police and security personnel today dispersed a congregation keeping vigil over its disputed property in North Khartoum, Sudan, and arrested five church leaders, sources said. Authorities arrived at noon at the compound of the Khartoum Bahri Evangelical Church, where last week they demolished a pastor’s house and church wall, […]
How to Read a Persecution News Story
Pray – if you can figure out how.
November 1, 2014 By -
(Morning Star News) – Any of you who regularly follow persecution news may find that it gets hard to read after a while. In response to reader requests on how to deal with so much horrific news – one becomes either despondent or desensitized – I’ll share how I handle it. The horror of some […]
Human Rights Defender in Sudan without Home, Country after Muslim Extremist Attack
Convert from Islam flees Darfur after trying to exercise right to free speech.
October 29, 2014 By -
NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – A Sudanese father of two who once worked as a human rights defender now lives in a refugee camp after surviving an attempt on his life by Islamic extremists. Before Ibrahim Ismaeil Ibrahim, 34, left Islam and dared to criticize the religion, he worked as a writer and human rights […]
Sudanese Air Force Bombing Kills Six Christian Children
Plane drops bombs on crowded market, homes.
October 22, 2014 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – The Sudanese Air Force on Thursday (Oct. 16) dropped bombs on Nuba Mountain civilians that killed at least six Christian children and seriously injured another. In Heiban, South Kordofan, a Russian-made Antonov dropped five bombs – three on a crowded square during the weekly market day, and two others […]
Sudanese Air Force Bombs Church Complex in Nuba Mountains
Family able to escape house in compound.
October 14, 2014 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – The Sudanese Air Force dropped four bombs on an Episcopal Church of Sudan (ECS) complex in the Nuba Mountains on Friday (Oct. 10), church leaders said. “The bombs have completely destroyed our church compound in Tabolo,” the Rev. Youhana Yaqoub of the ECS in Al Atmor, near the Tabolo […]
Attorneys for Meriam Ibrahim Banned from Leaving Sudan
Government using lawyer’s complaint to retaliate against Christian mother’s defense team, lawyers say.
September 19, 2014 By -
JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Sudan this week banned five attorneys from leaving the country after another lawyer accused them of tainting the country’s image by defending Meriam Ibrahim, the Christian mother of two falsely accused of apostasy, two of the attorneys said. The move came in response to attorney Iman Hassan submitting a letter […]