HUDO Centre 11th May 2017 Update (17) COURT TRIAL OF NISS/SUDAN AGAINST PASTORS AND THE ACTIVIST SUDANESE PRESIDENT GRANTS AMNESTY/PARDON FOR THE CONVICTED Today afternoon the 11th May 2017, Hassan Abduelraheem Kodi (the Pastor) and Abduelmoneim Abdalmwlla (the activist) were set free after a presidential amnesty issued by Sudan president/ Omer Albashir. The amnesty was granted after the two had spent more than sixteen months in custody which started by National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS), then remand by State Security Prosecutor (SSP) office and lastly convicted to twelve (12) years in prison by the Judge at Khartoum Centre court. Gratitude HUDO Centre appreciates the support and pressure that was exerted by the international community, institutions, national and international civil society organizations. HUDO Centre is grateful to whoever contributed directly or indirectly in ending suffers of the two convicted and their families. HUDO urges all that are concerned to keep on pressuring in order to enable respect of human rights in Sudan. End For any further information please write to hudo2009@gmail.com 1