Human Rights Watch researcher said army was accountable for violence against civilians in Jonglei State.
Skye Wheeler said in late July, South Sudanese soldiers shot dead two unarmed women, Anyibi Baba and Ateil Rio.
She said the killings were the latest in a pattern of grave violations against civilians by SPLA soldiers fighting a Murle rebel group.
The researcher explained that attacks on civilians by soldiers made Murle feel increasingly persecuted by their own government and that thousands of them fled their homes scared of soldiers to return.
Ms Wheeler said a woman told her that ‘we are not the ones going to raid, we are not the ones rebelling against the government but we are the ones being killed.’
She recommended that the army needs to take immediate steps to improve its relationship with Murle civilian population including moving barracks away from Pibor town.