South Sudanese Pastors Sentenced to Time Served

5 August 2015

Khartoum — The two South Sudanese Presbyterian priests, accused by Sudan's National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) of capital offences, were released today despite being found guilty by a Khartoum court.

Rev. Yat Michael Ruot was detained by NISS officers in December after preaching in the Presbyterian Evangelical Church in Khartoum North. His colleague David Yein Reith was held in January after delivering a letter to the Ministry of Guidance and Religious Endowment asking about the whereabouts of Ruot.

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