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Good News! – Sudan: Reverend Yat Michael and Reverend Peter Yen Released (UA 28/15)
August 7, 2015
Two South Sudanese pastors, Reverend Yat Michael and Reverend Peter Yen, were released on 5 August after being sentenced to time already served in Khartoum, Sudan. The two have been in detention since their arrests on 21 December 2014 and 11 January 2015 respectively.