Yat Michael and Peter Yein Reith, pastors facing execution in Sudan, freed
After an international outcry, Yat Michael and Peter Yein Reith, pastors who faced possible death sentences in Sudan, were set free following a court hearing August 5.
Yat and Reith, pastors in the South Sudan Presbyterian Evangelical Church, were on trial in Khartoum on criminal charges of undermining the constitutional system, espionage, promoting hatred among sects, breach of public peace, and offenses relating to insulting religious beliefs. The first two charges are punishable by the death penalty or life imprisonment.
“I am feeling free because I was in jail for many months; I have become like I’m born again,” said Yat in comments to Christian Solidarity Worldwide, the global antipersecution group that announced the release.
