Czech Christian Jailed In Sudan Has Been Freed.
A
Czech Christian aid worker who has been detained in Sudanese prison since
December 2015 has now been released and pardoned.
Petr
Jašek, 52, had been arrested in December 2015 and was sentenced in January this
year to 24 years in jail with charges of inciting hatred and spying. Now Sudan's
President Omar al-Bashir has ordered Jašek's pardon and release, News24 reports.
Jašek,
part of a small Protestant church called Cirkev Bratrska, went to Sudan in the
hope of helping persecuted Christians in the region.
He
was arrested in 2015 after attempting to support the medical costs of a Sudanese
student. In January Jašek was convicted by a court of entering Sudan illegally,
inciting hatred, and spying on the military. He was sentenced to 24 years in
prison. Christian Today.
