SPLA-IO Accused of Detaining Civilian Boats, Demanding $4,000 Along Sobat River ‎

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‎ Boat ferrying civilians  Nasir, Upper Nile State  ‎Authorities in Nasir County, Upper Nile State, have accused forces loyal to the Sudan People’s Liberation Army In Opposition (SPLA-IO) of detaining civilian riverboats and demanding ransom-like payments of up to $4,000 from traders and passengers along the Sobat River. ‎ ‎According to Nasir County Commissioner James Gatwech Joak, several boats traveling from Matar in Nasir County to Malakal were intercepted by SPLA-IO soldiers in Yakuach, an area in Nyirol County, Jonglei State. ‎ ‎“Our traders paid local taxes to SPLA-IO in Mandeng before setting off. But on reaching Yakuach, they were detained again and told to pay an additional four thousand U.S. dollars,” Commissioner Gatwech said. ‎ ‎He explained that the detained boat operators and traders were reportedly held for four days while armed men demanded more payments.  ‎ Some of the passengers were women, children, and patients traveling for medical treatment in Malaka...
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South Sudan Will Not Abolish Dead Penalty Government Stands Firm

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United Nations Human Rights Council asked the government of South Sudan to abolish Death Sentence which the government blatantly refused and hold their ground that dead sentence will still continue in South Sudan. 

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The 40th session of the second cycle of the Republic of South Sudan’s Universal Periodic Review wanted the death Sentence to be removed on grounds that it has violated the "Right To Life" which the government turned down.

While speaking to the media National Information Minister Hon. Michael Makuei stated that the country is not yet ready to review dead sentences. 

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 “This is a cycle whereby they look into issues of human rights and so forth, and in that cycle, we approved all the issues that came up in that conference except for the 25 points that were not accepted. [They were] issues to do with the abandonment of the death sentence, issues to do with the Rome Statute, and so forth,” Makuei stated. 

“All these things, which were connected with other issues and were not in compliance with the laws of South Sudan, [were] all rejected,” Makuei.

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He explain that the country need time to learn and understand the essence of dead sentences.

Justice Minister Hon.Ruben said that revenge killing has bred hatred and Impunity in the country and people commit crimes the way they like. 

“It will be worse than that because if it is a question of going to prison in South Sudan, a death sentence and life imprisonment is 20 years, and a year in the prison is nine months,”-  said

Makuei added by saying that “So it is a very short period where you can kill somebody, spend your period, and come out, but you have already killed the person. This is why we are not for that. “We are against the lifting of the death sentence at present,” argued Makuei. 

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capital punishment, also called death penalty, execution of an offender sentenced to death after conviction by a court of law of a criminal offense. Capital punishment should be distinguished from extrajudicial executions carried out without due process of law.





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