Month: May 2017

  • Soudan : le pasteur Hassan et l’étudiant Abdumonem libérés !

    Soudan : le pasteur Hassan et l’étudiant Abdumonem libérés !

    Le 11 mai au Soudan, Abdumonem Abdumawla et le pasteur Hassan Abduraheem Taour sont sortis de prison à la faveur d’une grâce présidentielle. Abdumonem et Hassan sont libres ! Après avoir été graciés par le président Omar El-Béchir, ils ont quitté leur prison de Khartoum il y a quelques jours pour retrouver leur famille. Jan…

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  • What Difference Does a Special Envoy on Freedom of Religion or Belief Make?

    As Ján Figel starts his second year as the EU Special Envoy for the Promotion of Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB) outside the European Union, the last 12 months of his time in this new mandate show the respect for this role that has developed amongst sceptics and the potential for his role going…

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  • Sudan releases pastor and activist sentenced for espionage

    Sudan releases pastor and activist sentenced for espionage

    May 15, 2017 (KHARTOUM) – Last week, Sudanese President Omer al-Bashir pardoned a pastor and an activist sentenced together with a Czech missionary Petr Jasek who had already been released by the end of February. The Rev. Hassan Abdurahim Tawor. (Christian Solidarity Worldwide Photo) The two men were sentenced to 12 years for colluding with…

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  • Figeľ ostáva osobitným vyslancom Únie pre podporu náboženskej slobody

    Figeľ ostáva osobitným vyslancom Únie pre podporu náboženskej slobody

    BRATISLAVA. Európska komisia sa rozhodla o rok predĺžiť mandát Jána Figeľa ako osobitného vyslanca EÚ pre podporu náboženskej slobody vo svete. Agentúru SITA o tom informovala tlačová tajomníčka zo Zastúpenia Európskej komisie v SR Zuzana Harvanová. Od svojho vymenovania v máji 2016 navštívil Figeľ viacero mimoeurópskych krajín vrátane Iraku, Jordánska, Sudánu a Spojených arabských emirátov,…

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