FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Pretoria, 26th May 2017– According to news reports, Mr. George Livio, a journalist with the UN’s Radio Miray a, has been released from unlawful detention in South Sudan, where he was held at a National Security facility incommunicado and in deplorable conditions for over 1000 days without charges. We commend the Gove Read More …
Month: May 2017
The collapse of the ARCSS and new conflict along the Equatorias
19 May 2017 Human Security Baseline Assessment (HSBA)for Sudan and South Sudan, documents the period following July 2016 when then vice-president Riek Machar, leader of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army-in-Opposition (SPLM/A-IO), and hundreds of his forces fled Juba and reached Garamba National Park across the border in the DRC. Machar and his men were eventually Read More …
UN report reveals extensive human rights violations in Yei, Central Equatoria
20 May 2017 In December 2016 the UN said that ethnic cleansing was occurring in South Sudan. The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) released a report on the findings of a year-long investigation into human rights violations in the Yei Town. The report found 114 cases of Sudan’s People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) and Mathiang Anyor killing civilians that were perceived Read More …
Perspectives on Opposition Unity and the Path to Peace
South Sudan, the Big Questions: Opposition Unity? Talk Peace? Or Fight? 4 May 2017 Opposition to Jubahas grown from individual mutterings, to public dissents by journalists, and now, to armed resistance. The incremental opposition to Kiir’s regime should come as no surprise as this government has shown no appetite for criticism from any quarters, and Read More …
SSHRO Inaugural Report on Human rights violations in South Sudan
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SSHRO Publishes Inaugural Report on Human rights violations in South Sudan Pretoria, 13th May 2017– The South Sudan Human Rights Observatory (SSHRO), an independent rights body, has released its first publication on human rights abuses in South Sudan. The report documents the egregious violations against civilians that took place in the month Read More …
Gumeiza Conflict Security Statement
DINKA BOR DEFENSE FORCES’ INCURSION IN MUNDARILAND FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MAY 8, 2017 It is with grave concern that the Mundari Global Community takes this opportunity to alert and inform the South Sudanese public, the Government of South Sudan, the International Community in general, and the JMEC, UNMISS, IGAD, UNSC, EU, TROIKA States, Canada, Read More …