Showing posts with label Sudan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sudan. Show all posts
Monday, September 07, 2020

Sudan Agrees To Separation of Religion and State As Part of Peace Deal

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  Voice of America reports: Sudan's transitional government has agreed in principle to separate religion and state after three decades ...
Friday, July 17, 2020

Sudan Liberalizes Its Laws On Apostasy, Alcohol, Criminal Sanctions and Women's Rights

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Al Jazeera reported earlier this week on important legal reforms being implemented in Sudan: Sudan approved wide-ranging amendments to it...
Sunday, February 02, 2020

Trump Extends Some Travel Ban Restrictions To Six More Countries

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In an exceptionally long Presidential Proclamation ( full text ), President Trump on Friday extended tailored restrictions under his controv...
Friday, December 04, 2015

27 Sudanese Muslims Charged With Apostasy For Rejecting the Hadith

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In Khartoum, Sudan, 27 defendants are on trial for apostasy.  According to Middle East Online  and the Sudan Tribune , the charges under Sec...
Tuesday, June 02, 2015

USCIRF Condemns Sudan's Prosecution of 2 Pastors

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The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom issued a press release yesterday condemning the government of Sudan for its continuin...
Thursday, July 24, 2014

US Congress, European Parliament Focus On Case of Meriam Ibrahim

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Yesterday, a subcommittee of the House Foreign Affairs Committee held a hearing titled "The Troubling Case of Meriam Ibrahim." The...
Thursday, July 17, 2014

After Family's Lawsuit Is Dropped, Sudanese Christian Woman May Now Be Able To Leave For U.S.

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In Sudan, Mariam Yahya Ibrahim may finally be able to leave with her family for the United States.  Ibrahim, a practicing Christian, was ini...
Thursday, July 03, 2014

More Legal Problems For Christian Sudanese Woman

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In Sudan, the case of Mariam Yahya Ibrahim-- whose father was Muslim, but who was raised by her mother as a Christian-- is becoming legally ...
Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Sudanese Appeals Court Overturns Apostasy Death Sentence of Christian Woman

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In a case that has attracted widespread international attention , an appeals court in Sudan has ordered the release of Meriam Ibrahim who ha...
Sunday, June 15, 2014

Sudan Apostasy Case Draws U.S. Attention As Appeal Begins

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Zegabi reports that in Khartoum, Sudan last week an Appeals Court hearing began in the case of 27-year old Meriam Yehya Ibrahim Ishag who w...
Friday, May 16, 2014

Sudanese Woman Sentenced To Flogging and Death For Apostasy and Supposed Adultery

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CNN reports  that in Khartoum, Sudan this week, a court has sentenced  27-year old Meriam Yehya Ibrahim to death by hanging for apostasy and...
Monday, November 18, 2013

USCIRF Issues New Policy Brief On Role of Shariah in Sudanese Law

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The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom last week issued its most recent Policy Brief, this one titled Sudan’s Enduring Quest...