ICC Note
One of the Two Pastors that were recently evicted from their homes in Omdurman, Sudan, has now also been accused of assault charges. Rev Yahya Abdelrahim, head of the Anglican Evangelical Church was summoned to Omdurman police station because of a complaint that he had assaulted another person. This charge follows closely on the heels of the Reverend’s appeal to be able to return to his housing. Ever since his eviction took place, the father has been living on the street in front of his old home. He believes that these charges are just another attempt to rid Omdurman of Christians.
2017-08-23 Sudan (AllAfrica) The police summoned Rev Yahya Abdelrahim to a police station to investigate a complaint of assault filed against him, in a new development in the cases of eviction of lands where evangelical communities are based.
Rev Yahya Abdelrahim, head of the Anglican Evangelical Church was summoned to Omdurman police station to investigate the complaint against him for assaulting and causing serious harm. Rev Abdelrahim told Radio Dabanga yesterday that the complaint against him was made by a member of the Committee of the Council of the Evangelical Community.
“This committee is formed by the Ministry of Guidance which includes Muslims and Christians who are active in the eviction of lands that belong to the Evangelical Church in Sudan and selling them to investors,” Rev Abdelrahim said.
He claimed that the committee evicted evangelical church communities from lands in Bahri area before, saying their activities now moved to Omdurman were they tried to evict the Evangelical School in April.
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