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UN Security Council must not lift South Sudan arms embargo until human rights benchmarks are met

May 17, 2021 Breaking News, News, Newsbeat, South Sudan, UN

Members of South Sudan’s SSPDF singning in an unidentified area outside Juba, South Sudan, in January 2017 (Credit: Unknown)

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 […]

South Sudan: UN arms embargo must be maintained after surge in violence against civilians in 2020

November 29, 2020 News, Newsbeat, Op-Eds, South Sudan

UN Security Council delegation visits South Sudan(Photo credit: UNMISS)

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, […]

Amnesty calls for justice as Sudan marks anniversary of uprising

December 18, 2019 Newsbeat

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 […]

S. Sudan media advocacy group, deplores suppression of media freedom in the country

November 24, 2019 Amnesty International, Newsbeat, South Sudan

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 […]

‘Journalists At Risk Ahead Of Unity Government’ Amnesty sounds Alarm On Media Harassment

November 1, 2019 News, Newsbeat

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 […]

South Sudan’s Authorities Extrajudicially Hang Four People – Amnesty International

October 11, 2019 Amnesty International, Civil War, News, South Sudan

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 […]