{"id":2397992,"date":"2025-02-02T13:10:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-02T18:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/at-least-seven-christians-tortured-in-sudan\/"},"modified":"2025-02-02T13:11:23","modified_gmt":"2025-02-02T18:11:23","slug":"at-least-seven-christians-tortured-in-sudan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/at-least-seven-christians-tortured-in-sudan\/","title":{"rendered":"At Least Seven Christians Tortured in Sudan"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fat-least-seven-christians-tortured-in-sudan%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2397992&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In Sudan, reports indicate that intelligence agents arrested and tortured at least seven \u2062Christians from the Sudanese Church of Christ as they sought refuge \u200camid the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/greys-anatomy-thanksgiving-isnt-really-a-holiday-we-should-celebrate\/\" title=\"Grey&#039;s Anatomy: &#039;Thanksgiving Isn\u2019t Really a Holiday We Should Celebrate&#039;\">ongoing civil war<\/a> between the Sudan\u200d Armed Forces\u2062 and the Rapid Support Forces. On January 14, these Christians \u200cwere accused of supporting the paramilitary group, a claim they denied.The Sudanese Christian Youth Union suggested\u2064 that the accusations were a pretext\u2063 for targeting \u2062Christians,\u2064 a demographic that faces documented persecution in sudan, which ranks fifth on Open \u2063Doors&#8217; world watch list for persecution against\u2062 christians. The lawyer representing the arrested \u2063individuals stated that they were tortured into\u200d confessing and subjected to unfair legal practices, with no possibility for a proper defense. The Sudanese Christian Youth Union has called \u200bfor their release and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">urged human \u200crights organizations<\/a> to intervene, highlighting the extreme levels of violence and hardship Christians now face in the\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ethiopian-orthodox-church-urges-action-in-human-rights-crisis\/\" title=\"Ethiopian Orthodox Church Urges Action in Human Rights Crisis\">war-torn region<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Intelligence agents in Sudan reportedly arrested and tortured at least seven Christians northeast of the capital city of Khartoum.<\/p>\n<p>The Sudanese Christian Youth Union <a href=\"https:\/\/morningstarnews.org\/2025\/01\/authorities-in-sudan-arrest-torture-seven-displaced-christians\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> to Morning Star News, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-working-to-export-its-abortion-business\/\" title=\"California Working to Export Its Abortion Business\">nonprofit news outlet<\/a> that focuses on the global persecution of Christians, that members of the Sudanese Church of Christ were looking for refuge in areas dominated by the Sudan Armed Forces.<\/p>\n<p>Agents of the Military Intelligence accused the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/persecuted-pastor-wife-finally-gain-freedom-indian-prison\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Christians<\/a> on Jan. 14 of aiding the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, but the Christians denied those claims, per Morning Star News.<\/p>\n<p>Sudan is currently in a civil war between the Sudan Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces, displacing millions and forcing others to leave the country as refugees.<\/p>\n<p>The claims were merely an excuse to target the Christians, the Sudanese Christian Youth Union argued.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Shinbago Mugaddam, a Christian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/christian-teacher-gets-6-figure-last-laugh-school-forced-refusing-use-trans-pronouns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">attorney<\/a>, told Morning Star News that the Military Intelligence tortured the believers into confessing to the crime.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They were arrested by the army intelligence and were subjected to beatings and interrogations,&rdquo; Mugaddam contended.<\/p>\n<p>The lawyer is currently residing in another country as a refugee.<\/p>\n<p>He added that &ldquo;a case was opened against them where the complainant and the witnesses for the accusation were all members of the armed forces.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The court did not ask them whether they needed a lawyer or had witnesses to deny this incident, knowing that they were beaten and forced to confess and provide evidence against themselves,&rdquo; he continued.<\/p>\n<p>The Sudanese Christian Youth Union called for their release and called for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anal-rape-with-a-stick-bbc-report-details-systemic-rape-in-uighur-concentration-camps\/\" title=\"\u2018Anal Rape With A Stick\u2019: BBC Report Details Systemic Rape In Uighur Concentration Camps\">human rights groups<\/a> to do the same.<\/p>\n<p>Persecution targeted toward Christians is well-documented in Sudan, which currently ranks fifth on the world watch list <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opendoorsuk.org\/persecution\/world-watch-list\/sudan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">published<\/a> every year by Open Doors.<\/p>\n<p>The nonprofit noted that Christian leaders are &ldquo;targeted by false charges, including terrorism and apostasy,&rdquo; even though the apostasy law in the predominantly Islamic nation was overturned five years ago.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Converts from Islam face violence, imprisonment, forced marriage, rejection, sexual violence, disinheritance, and losing custody of their children,&rdquo; the nonprofit said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Many are forced to flee their homes, or feel that staying is unsustainable.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Christians who live in areas with especially intense <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/sent-cnns-clarissa-ward-detained-militia-group-amid-vicious-civil-war-sudan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fighting<\/a> are more likely to see persecution, especially as Islamic militants take advantage of the war to eliminate Christianity in Sudan.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The scope and intensity of pressure on Christians have grown substantially this year, as the civil war has introduced extreme levels of violence and hardship,&rdquo; Open Doors added.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; 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The Sudanese Christian Youth Union informed Morning Star News, a nonprofit dedicated to reporting on the persecution of Christians worldwide, that members of the Sudanese Church of Christ sought safety in regions controlled by the Sudan Armed Forces. On January 14, Military Intelligence accused these Christians of supporting the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, which they denied. The ongoing civil war between the Sudan Armed Forces and Rapid Support Forces has displaced millions and forced many to flee as refugees. 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