Khartoum, 08 April, 2023 / 8:50 pm (ACI Africa).
Christians Solidarity Worldwide (CSW), a UK-based human rights foundation, has expressed concern about the attempts by the Sudanese military to shield a man accused of torching a church in Gedaref State in East Sudan.
Yasin Ahmed Haroun, a member of Sudan’s army, is accused of burning down a church belonging to the Sudan Church of Christ (SCOC), which had been a place of worship since 1991.
CSW has reported that shortly after the 16 December 2022 arson attack on the church in Doka took place, church leaders filed a criminal case with the local prosecutor naming Mr. Haroun, who had been spotted fleeing following the attack.
The prosecutor is said to have requested that the military surrender the arsonist for their investigations, a request that was denied.
The military officials initially stated that they had no one by that name in their ranks. They were eventually obliged to hand him over to the authorities after the case went viral on social media.
