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South Sudanese authorities arrested 22 political and military personnel in violation of human rights obligations in mid-February, according to a Thursday statement by Human Rights Watch (HRW). The group called on South Sudanese authorities to cease arbitrary detentions of opposition leaders, reveal their whereabouts and ensure that due process is followed.
Since the beginning of this year, at least 22 military and political functionaries have been arrested. The detainees are mostly figures associated with opposition leaders and the First Vice President Riek Machar, head of the Sudan’s People Liberation Army in Opposition (SPLA-IO). They include Lieutenant General Gabriel Duop Lam, Petroleum Minister Puot Kang Chol and Peacebuilding Minister Stephen Par Kuol.
Nyagoah Tut Pur, a South Sudan researcher at HRW said:
HRW urged South Sudan to end enforced disappearances of dissenting individuals who have been detained since March 4, 2025. Moreover, it also urged the international community, including the UN, African Union, and Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), to push the South Sudanese authorities to “cease arbitrary detention of opposition members and other actions that amount to harassment and not use the security institutions as a tool of oppression.”
Article 2 of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance defines enforced disappearances as the deprivation of liberty by agents of the states, followed by a refusal to acknowledge the deprivation or concealment of the whereabouts of the disappeared person. Even though South Sudan is not a party to the convention, the prohibition against enforced disappearance is a widespread international norm, which the UN Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances deems to be a peremptory norm that binds all states and cannot be set aside.
This wave of arrests coincided with clashes between the government and armed groups, displacing thousands of civilians, in the Upper Nile region of Nasir, an SPLA-IO stronghold region. The crisis deepened on March 7 when armed attackers targeted a UN helicopter on a rescue mission, resulting in fatalities.
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South Sudanese authorities arrested 22 political and military personnel in violation of human rights obligations in mid-February, according to a Thursday statement by Human Rights Watch (HRW). The group called on South Sudanese authorities to cease arbitrary detentions of opposition leaders, reveal their whereabouts and ensure that due process is followed.
Since the beginning of this year, at least 22 military and political functionaries have been arrested. The detainees are mostly figures associated with opposition leaders and the First Vice President Riek Machar, head of the Sudan’s People Liberation Army in Opposition (SPLA-IO). They include Lieutenant General Gabriel Duop Lam, Petroleum Minister Puot Kang Chol and Peacebuilding Minister Stephen Par Kuol.
Nyagoah Tut Pur, a South Sudan researcher at HRW said:
The National Security Service (NSS), which is responsible for these disappearances, has not responded to any requests for sharing information about the detainees. HRW has previously called attention to the misuse of its broad powers exercised without proper legal or judicial oversight.
HRW urged South Sudan to end enforced disappearances of dissenting individuals who have been detained since March 4, 2025. Moreover, it also urged the international community, including the UN, African Union, and Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), to push the South Sudanese authorities to “cease arbitrary detention of opposition members and other actions that amount to harassment and not use the security institutions as a tool of oppression.”
Article 2 of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance defines enforced disappearances as the deprivation of liberty by agents of the states, followed by a refusal to acknowledge the deprivation or concealment of the whereabouts of the disappeared person. Even though South Sudan is not a party to the convention, the prohibition against enforced disappearance is a widespread international norm, which the UN Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances deems to be a peremptory norm that binds all states and cannot be set aside.
This wave of arrests coincided with clashes between the government and armed groups, displacing thousands of civilians, in the Upper Nile region of Nasir, an SPLA-IO stronghold region. The crisis deepened on March 7 when armed attackers targeted a UN helicopter on a rescue mission, resulting in fatalities.
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