Professor Taban lo Liyong

HRW slams government for depriving Prof. Taban of his constitutional rights

February 14, 2020 Newsbeat

February 14, 2020 (SSNN)—The rights body, Human Rights Watch, has criticized the government for depriving Professor Taban Lo Liyong of his constitutional rights by suspending him from teaching after expressing his views on national issues affecting the country. “South Sudan’s University of Juba has suspended a renowned academic and writer from his teaching position over an opinion article on the […]

Professor Taban lo Liyong’s open letter to President Donald Trump’s Special delegation to South Sudan

January 30, 2020 Newsbeat, Opinions

Open letter, January 30, 2020 (SSNN)—On behalf of myself and all the 99% South Sudanese who voted in 2011 for Separation from Sudan, and therefore effectively brought into life the present nation of South Sudan, Successor to the Southern Region of the Sudan which had got its independence from Anglo-Egyptian Sudan in 1956, I welcome you with open arms. The […]