Sudan names head of non-Muslims rights body in Khartoum
Feb 8, 2007 (KHARTOUM) — President Omar al-Bashir with approval of the First Vice-President Salva Kiir Mayardit appointed today Joshua Dao as chairman of the commission on the rights of non-Muslims in the national capital.
In his famous speech during the celebration of the second anniversary of the CPA in Juba, Salva Kiir expressed concern over the rights of the non-Muslim in Khartoum. “We have sought at Naivasha to protect those rights and succeeded in agreeing on a legal framework for such protection.” He said.
Salva Kiir mentioned an attack against the All Saints Cathedral in Khartoum by the police at the end of last year. “Khartoum’s law-enforcement agencies gave themselves the right to enter that Cathedral, purportedly in pursuit of certain trouble makers and threw tear gas canisters at worshipers who were going through their rites on a day celebrated by Christians all over the world.”
The First Vice President accused some circles in the government to be behind that accident. He said “But if there are elements who are unable to live with democratic transformation, they should either reform, or they too, be taken away from the road to peace.”
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