South Sudan: SSHURSA Condemns Youth Arrest, Calls for Their Immediate Release, and Appeals for a Stricter Torture Prevention Legislation

press release

The South Sudan Human Rights Society For Advocacy (SSHURSA) condemns in strongest terms possible as 'barbaric' the arrest of the youth by the security and state officials in South Sudan's Northern Bahr El Ghazal state.

According to the information SSHURSA has received, a number of youth members have been arrested, held and are being tortured by security agents since 26 July 2014. Preliminary allegations have been rumoured and asserted that the security are linking the youth with South Sudan's rebels in Northern Bahr El Ghazal under the recently defected army General Dau Aturjong.

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