(Washington, D.C.) Today, February 26, 2017, the Government of Sudan released Mr. Petr Jasek, a personal friend of Hardwired’s founder, Tina Ramirez. Mr. Jasek, a Czech citizen, had been sentenced to life imprisonment on charges of espionage on January 29, 2017. Mr. Jasek was visiting Sudan in December 2015 to provide humanitarian aid to needy Sudanese. He was taken into custody as he was leaving the country and later charged with various unsubstantiated crimes.
The Bridges Team traveled to Sudan to speak at the Horn of Africa Peace Conference and two colleges. In addition and at the request of U.S. based NGO Hardwired and its founder Tina Ramirez, Bridges was asked to help secure the release of Petr Jasek.