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May 11, 2016

Jesuit Refugee Service urging Kenya to reconsider closing refugee camps

Somali refugees sit inside a tent in 2011 at the Ifo Extension refugee camp in Dadaab, Kenya, across the border from Somalia. Jesuit Refugee Service has urged Kenya to reconsider its plans to close camps that host hundreds of thousands of Somali and South Sudanese refugees.

NAIROBI, Kenya – Jesuit Refugee Service has urged Kenya to reconsider its plans to close camps that host hundreds of thousands of Somali and South Sudanese refugees.

Published in International
July 24, 2014

Free from ordeal in Sudan, woman condemned for apostasy meets Pope

Meriam Ibrahim

VATICAN CITY - Meeting a Sudanese woman who risked execution for not renouncing her Catholic faith, Pope Francis thanked Meriam Ibrahim for her steadfast witness to Christ.

Published in International
June 24, 2014

Sudanese woman rearrested with family at airport

Sudanese woman rearrested with family at airport

KHARTOUM, Sudan - Meriam Ibrahim, a Catholic woman originally sentenced to death for marrying a Christian, was released from prison June 23, but apprehended again the next day at the Khartoum airport with her husband, who is a U.S. citizen, and their two children, her lawyer said.

Published in International