{"id":182272,"date":"2015-08-19T14:45:00","date_gmt":"2015-08-19T14:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabangasudan.preview.websight.nl\/released-south-sudanese-pastors-arrive-in-juba\/"},"modified":"2015-08-19T14:45:00","modified_gmt":"2015-08-19T14:45:00","slug":"released-south-sudanese-pastors-arrive-in-juba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/released-south-sudanese-pastors-arrive-in-juba","title":{"rendered":"Released South Sudanese pastors arrive in Juba"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Two South Sudanese pastors have arrived home after a detention of eight months in Khartoum for multiple charges, including espionage. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The clergymen arrived at the airport of Juba, capital of South Sudan, this (Wednesday) morning, seemingly in good health.<\/p>\n<p>They were welcomed by leaders of the South Sudan Presbyterian Evangelical Church and members of their local congregation. The crowd was exclaiming: &ldquo;Praise be to God for their safe arrival.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is a great day for our pastors&rdquo;, a church member said.<\/p>\n<p>The&nbsp;pastors were taken to Evangelical Church in Juba&#39;s Hai Jebel for a thanksgiving prayer service.<\/p>\n<p>Rev. Yat Ruot was detained by officers of the Sudan National Intelligent and Security Services (NISS) in December after preaching in the Presbyterian Evangelical Church in Khartoum North. His colleague Yein Reith was held in January after delivering a letter to the Ministry of Guidance and Religious Endowment asking about the whereabouts of Ruot.<\/p>\n<p>Both were held incommunicado until 1 March, when they were charged by the NISS of offending Islam, punishable by flogging, and undermining the constitutional order and espionage, which potentially carry the death penalty or life imprisonment. The pastors repeatedly denied the charges. The NISS also imposed a travel ban.<\/p>\n<p>On 5 August, the judge found both clergymen guilty of the charges. Yet, he decided that the period they served in detention was sufficient punishment.<\/p>\n<p>The pastors were released immediately. The following day, however, authorities at Khartoum International Airport halted them when they were preparing to board an air craft heading to Juba. They informed the pastors that they were banned from leaving the country.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"img-responsive\" src=\"\/uploads\/media\/55d46c0a8cc54.jpeg\" style=\"height:193px; width:350px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Photo: pastors Yat Michael and Peter Yen in court during a trial session in Khartoum (charismanews.com)<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"sws_supernormalaction\"><button on=\"tap:superwebshare-lightbox\" class=\"superwebshare_normal_button1 superwebshare-button-large superwebshare-button-square superwebshare_prompt superwebshare_button_svg\" style=\"color:#ffffff;background-color: #d52631;\" ><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"superwebshare-svg\"  fill=\"currentColor\" viewBox=\"0 0 1000 1000\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"0\"><path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" d=\"M789.86,323.67c91.79,0,164.25-72.46,164.25-164.25S881.64,0,789.86,0S625.6,72.46,625.6,164.25c0,4.83,0,14.49,0,24.15L306.76,371.98c-24.15-24.15-57.97-33.82-96.62-33.82c-91.79,0-164.25,72.46-164.25,164.25s72.46,164.25,164.25,164.25c38.65,0,72.46-14.49,96.62-33.82L625.6,821.26c0,9.66,0,14.49,0,19.32c0,86.96,72.46,159.42,159.42,159.42s159.42-72.46,159.42-159.42s-67.63-159.42-154.59-159.42c-33.82,0-67.63,9.66-96.62,33.82L374.4,526.57c0-9.66,0-19.32,0-24.15s0-14.49,0-24.15l318.84-188.41C717.39,314.01,751.21,323.67,789.86,323.67z\" \/><\/svg><span>Share article<\/span><\/button><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two South Sudanese pastors have arrived home after a detention of eight months in Khartoum for multiple charges, including espionage.<br \/>\nThe clergymen arrived at the airport of Juba, capital of South Sudan, this (Wednesday) morning, seemingly in good health.<br \/>\nThey were welcomed by leaders of the South Sudan Presbyterian Evangelical Church and members of their local congregation. The crowd was exclaiming: \u201cPraise be to God for their safe arrival.\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cThis is a great day for our pastors\u201d, a church member said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-182272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Released South Sudanese pastors arrive in Juba - Dabanga Radio TV Online<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/released-south-sudanese-pastors-arrive-in-juba\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Released South Sudanese pastors arrive in Juba - Dabanga Radio TV Online\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Two South Sudanese pastors have arrived home after a detention of eight months in Khartoum for multiple charges, including espionage. 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