Opposition forces based in the Eastern Equatorian region of South Sudan have pledged to uphold human rights from the command level right through to the rank and file following a workshop hosted by the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the conflict-affected country.
"It's time to submit to this country and do the right thing so that South Sudan can stand proud amongst other nations as it was in the beginning," said Brigadier General Okeny George Lam, division commander for the Sudan People's Liberation Army in Opposition, based at Ashwa cantonment site.
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