I wrote to you last week about two Christian pastors have been arrested for preaching in Sudan. They face the death penalty, simply for professing their Christian faith.
Since I wrote my last email to you about this issue, Pastors Michael and Reith have been moved to a high security prison and have not been allowed any visitors. They are now in more danger than ever...
Sign the petition to free Pastors Michael and Reith: http://citizengo.org/
(If you've already signed the petition, it is urgent to share with your friends and family on social media and via email!)
During a hearing on June 15th, the government's prosecutors
only brought forth one witness, who provided no evidence against the
pastors... only unfounded accusations. On the 18th, the
government brought forward three more witnesses... and the same thing
happened! So far, there is no evidence against the pastors, just
slanderous "witnesses."This trial has merely underscored that these are trumped up charges, with no basis in fact. These pastors are simply being threatened and punished for their Christian convictions!
Sign the petition urging the Sudanese government to free the pastors, and the U.N. Human Rights Commissioner to take action: http://citizengo.org/
The trial is a sham, just like the one that convicted Asia Bibi
of "blaspheming" in Pakistan. There too, the witnesses could provide no
evidence!The investigator in the case, Mohamed Khair Ibrahim, told the court that one of the pastors managed an organization working to distort the image of Sudan by sending reports "hostile to the country" so that the information would be used in human rights reports.
The investigator also accused the pastors of harboring hostile views toward Sudan's leader Omar Al-Bashir, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity.
If you've already signed, please share on social media and by email to your contacts: http://citizengo.
Pastors Yat Michael and Peter Yein Reith were arrested in December
2014 after Michael and his family returned to Khartoum to seek medical
attention. While in the city, Pastor Michael delivered a sermon at the
local Presbyterian Evangelical Church, which had been nearly destroyed
by authorities earlier that month. Immediately after his sermon, he was
arrested on trumped up charges of sedition and spying.Pastor Reith spoke out against the unjust arrest of Pastor Michael, and was soon arrested himself. He has asked us to pray that his suffering will "be for the glory of God" in the prison.
We intervened in the case of Meriam Ibrahim, who was likewise sentenced to death for her Christian faith in Sudan, and helped set her free. Now we must do the same thing again... Let's do it!
Sincerely,
Josh Craddock and the entire CitizenGO team
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