South Sudan explains why Peter Biar desperately needed American’s Green Card

Peter Biar Ajak, the South Sudan country director for the London School of Economics' International Growth Centre based in Britain, arrives at the courtroom in Juba, South Sudan March 21, 2019. (Photo credit: REUTERS)

August 08, 2020(SSNN) — South Sudan’s former lost boy, Peter Biar Ajak, who was detained for 18 months in South Sudan’s capital Juba, has gone viral on social media over the last one week after arriving in the United States but according to press secretary, Ateny Wek Ateny, Biar desperately needed the opportunity to gain entry into the US. Ateny […]

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Trump gives refuge to South Sudan economist

South Sudan economist Peter Biar Ajak after arrival at a US airport (Photo credit: Peter Biar's twitter)

July 24, 2020 (SSNN) – United States President Donald J. Trump has given South Sudan economist and former National Security Service (NSS) detainee, Peter Biar Ajak, a refuge in the United States after fears that Kiir’s NSS operatives were looking for him in Nairobi. “Thank you President @realDonaldTrump for saving my family+me & giving us refuge in the USA after […]

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Peter Biar says he was blacklisted following his release, not safe in Kenya

Peter Biar Ajak, the South Sudan country director for the London School of Economics' International Growth Centre based in Britain, arrives at the courtroom in Juba, South Sudan March 21, 2019. (Photo credit: REUTERS)

June 12, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan economist and civil rights activist, Peter Biar Ajak, who was detained by the notorious national security service in South Sudan, has said that he was blacklisted following his release from detention this year. Biar was arrested in mid 2018 at Juba International Airport while boarding a plane for a Red Army function in […]

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Breaking: Kiir pardons 30 inmates, including Peter Biar and Kerbino Wol in New Year Amnesty

January 2nd, 2020 (SSNN)—South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir Mayardit has issued a presidential pardon on New Year’s Eve, absolving about 30 defendants convicted of various criminal offenses in the South Sudanese capital, Juba. Last week, during a visit to detention centers in Juba, President Kiir gave an assurance and promised to release some of the accused as a sign of […]

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