United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization or UNESCO, UNMISS Human Rights Division and Union of Journalists in South Sudan or UJOSS last week trained media monitors from Central, Eastern and Western Equatoria States to strengthen their capacity in documenting and reporting human rights violation cases against journalists and media in South Sudan.
Central Equatoria State Media Observatory Committee Focal Person Alfred Taban said before the training, he did not know crime, abuse and human rights violations have different meanings and committed by different groups of people, but now understood.
Swedish Embassy Head of Office in Juba Jerzy Makarowski said human rights activists and journalists have a right and obligation to watch what the government is doing.
UNESCO Country Representative Salah Khaled said media monitoring should very strongly focus on hate speech and statements made through the electronic broadcast and print media.
UJOSS Secretary General Edward Lodu Terso pointed out that they achieved important milestones towards monitoring and reporting on journalists and media houses incidents on violations and impunities committed as a result of the various trainings since the year began.