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South Sudan: Arbitrary arrests, torture of detainees despite repeated promises

South Sudanese authorities have arbitrarily arrested, detained, tortured and ill-treated people to the point of death, despite repeated promises to...

South Sudan: UN Security Council must impose arms embargo to help end atrocities

As the UN Security Council meets today to review measures aimed at bringing long-overdue peace and stability to South Sudan,...

South Sudan: UN Mission must boost efforts to protect civilians amid ongoing violence

The UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) must boost efforts to protect civilians against the senseless violence that has plagued...

South Sudan: UN probe team’s findings should be world’s wake-up call to address human rights catastrophe

Responding to today’s UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan report detailing horrific human rights violations committed by soldiers...

South Sudan: Quash death sentence for former opposition spokesman

Commenting on reports that James Gatdet Dak, the former spokesman of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement – In Opposition (SPLM-IO),...

South Sudan: US arms embargo should inspire tougher action from UN Security Council

Responding to news that the US government has imposed an arms embargo on South Sudan, now in its fifth year...

South Sudan: A Year On, 2 Men’s Whereabouts Unknown

Reveal Fate, Whereabouts of Dong Samuel Luak, Aggrey Idri (Nairobi, January 24, 2018) – South Sudanese authorities have failed to...

UK: Amnesty exposes illicit US$46m South Sudan arms deal brokered under government’s nose

Research released by Amnesty International today reveals how a shell company in the heart of London’s West End acted as...

South Sudan: Ongoing atrocities turn country’s breadbasket into a killing field

· Close to one million people forcibly displaced in Equatoria region, fuelling world’s fastest-growing refugee crisis · Civilians shot, hacked...

Donors failing almost a million South Sudanese refugees in Uganda

Rich countries are failing in their obligation to help Uganda support thousands of refugees fleeing death, rape and other human...

South Sudan: Release all people arbitrarily detained amid the conflict

South Sudanese authorities must release all people detained without charge by the security agencies, including 28 men currently held at...

South Sudan: Arms embargo, sanctions fail at UN Security Council

The United Nations Security Council’s failure to approve a 23 December, 2016, resolution that would have imposed an arms embargo...

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