On 11th May 2017, Hassan Abduelraheem Kodi (the Pastor) and Abduelmoneim Abdalmwlla (the activist) were set free after a presidential pardon. Case Background There was a Christian conference held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia between 17th and 23rd October 2015. The conference was about the situation of Christians in Sudan especially after cessation of South Sudan. Among those who attended the conference were thirty Christians from Sudan and South Sudan. Pastors Hassan and Kuwa were among the Sudanese participants. Pastor/ Hassan presented a paper about the kind of oppression Christians face from authorities in Sudan. It was during this conference that they met with Peter from Czech Republic among other people. Then later Peter had met Abduelmoneim while he was visiting Sudan in December 2015 when he was arrested. Other arrests went on up to March 2016 to include many other pastors and Christian leaders. In August 2016 the court trial started for those four defendants and it lasted for more than twenty sittings with the above mentioned verdict and consequences. 2.5.2 Court Trial (Proceedings) of Al-Sanadra Case Al-Sanadra Village 29