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South Sudan: Despite Govt Denial, U.S. Sanctions Officials Over Missing Politicians
VOA, 12 December 2019
The U.S. Treasury has imposed sanctions on five South Sudanese nationals for their alleged roles in the abduction and execution of two prominent critics of President Salva Kiir's… Read more »
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South Sudan: More U.S. Action After Ambassador Withdrawn From Juba
East African, 11 December 2019
The US government is imposing financial restrictions on five South Sudanese security officials accused of kidnapping and torturing activists on Kenyan soil. Read more »
U.S. Sanctions South Sudan Chiefs After Kiir Critics Killed
The U.S. Treasury has imposed sanctions on five South Sudanese nationals for their alleged role in the abduction and execution of two prominent critics of President Salva Kiir's government nearly three years ago. Human Rights lawyer Dong Samuel Luak and opposition member Aggrey Idri, were taken while in Nairobi and killed in Juba on January 30, 2017.
Dong Samuel Luak and Aggrey Idri disappeared in Kenya. No one knows their current whereabouts. The UN has issued a report saying the opposition politicians were abducted and likely killed by South Sudan’s National Security Service.
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