Swords Into Plowshares detention Archives

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May 30, 2013

South Sudan: Church Leaders Detained

Posted 9:06am

from Amnesty International Two members of the Presbyterian Church in South Sudan, Reverend Idris Joshua Idris Nalos and Pastor Trainee David Gayin, were arrested from their homes by security forces on 19 May. They are being detained incommunicado, without access to a lawyer or their family, and are at risk of torture or other forms… Read more »

April 28, 2010

A Christian spirit

Posted 9:29pm

Speak out against sexual assault behind bars. Prisoner rape devastates more than 100,000 women, men, and children each year. On March 10, 2010, the Department of Justice opened a 60-day public comment period on national standards addressing sexual violence in…