Families of the two South Sudanese pastors jailed in Khartoum for six months have managed to visit their spouses, according to an informed source in Sudan.
The visit last Thursday came after the judge allowed the two pastors to speak with their family on the condition that the visit not exceed ten minutes in duration, the source added.
Kober Prison authorities continue to ban regular visitations of the two arrested pastors despite the fact that it is unconstitutional to deny prisoners from being visited by their family members and friends.
A lawyer for the detained pastors explained, “This is meant to put more psychological pressures and warfare on the arrested pastors.”
The wife of one of the pastors said, “Prison authorities prevented us from visiting them in prison.”
The two pastors will appear in court this Thursday to defend their case after the prosecution rested their case.
Rev. Yat Michael was arrested on 14 December 2014 after delivering and sermon in Khartoum Bahri while his counterpart Peter Yein was arrested on 11 January after delivering a letter from their church, the South Sudan Presbyterian Evangelical Church (SSPEC) inquiring about Yat’s whereabouts.
Photo: Yat Michael Ruot, a Presbyterian pastor from South Sudan, was arrested after preaching in Sudan in December.