A demonstrating interest group claiming to support democratically elected president on Monday turned against two journalists who were photographing at the Dr John Garang Memorial Ground.
The group comprising of young men and women at the right side of the Mausoleum ordered anonymous foreign and local journalists to stop snapping protestors.
When the journalists identified themselves, the group insisted that no photographing should be done for reasons, they could not explain.
It was not clear whether the harassment was a projection of racism in South Sudan or a baseless hatred for members of the international community.
One person emerged from the group with black eye-glasses and demanded for identity cards, when he saw them he told the harassed journalists to carry on with their work.
Under the circumstances, the journalists left the Free Square feeling psychologically tortured, reflecting memories of murdered colleague, Isaiah Abraham.
Some journalists while recording also experienced interference, but Vice President James Wani Igga who addressed the demonstrators intervened to save the situation.