May 17, 2021(SSNN) — Lifting the UN arms embargo on South Sudan could have dire consequences for human rights, Amnesty International warned today, ahead of a UN Security Council vote on 27 May to decide the future of the embargo. The Security Council must ensure a range of human rights benchmarks are met before the embargo can be lifted. These […]
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Nov 29, 2020(SSNN) — The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) must maintain the arms embargo on South Sudan, Amnesty International said today, after confirming shocking cases of extreme violence by government forces and an increase in attacks on civilians, including war crimes, across the country in 2020. New research by Amnesty International has documented a series of extrajudicial executions, forced displacement, torture, […]
Continue reading »December 19th, 2019 (SSNN)-One year on after the popular uprising that led to the ouster of former Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, Amnesty International has called on Sudan’s Sovereign Council to deliver on human rights and justice for all victims. “One year after protests broke out in Sudan leading to the ouster of President Omar al Bashir on 11 […]
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Nov 25th, 2019 (SSNN)-The Union of Journalist of South Sudan (UJOSS) has denounced repeated suppression of the press freedom in South Sudan, where journalists are targeted and incarcerated in the line of duty. In a statement, the Chairperson of UJOSS, Oliver Modi stated that the media advocacy organization, in the past three months, has documented more than 10 incidents […]
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Nov 2nd, 2019 (SSNN)-Following an incident in which a senior SSPDF military officer and Director of Information and Public Relations, General Malak Ayuen violently assaulted two female journalists during a military briefing by President Salva Kiir Mayardit on 31 October 2019, the rights group, Amnesty International strongly condemns the ongoing harassment of journalists in South Sudan and calls on Kiir’s […]
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Oct 11th, 2019 (SSNN)-Human rights group, Amnesty International, has accused South Sudanese authorities of extrajudicial killing of four inmates, including a child who was underage upon his arrest. “Amnesty International expresses concerns about the execution of four people in South Sudan on 27 and 30 September. One of those executed was a child at the time of the crime. On […]
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