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Police Authority denies allegation of sexual abuse claims by female inmates

Carmela Santino The Police Spokesperson in Western Bahr el Ghazal State on Wednesday denied the allegation from women who accused police that they were sexually...

Female Inmates express disappointment over mistreatment 

John Charles At least 8 female inmates in Wau Central Prison, Western Bahr el Ghazal state have expressed anger against mistreatment, citing that they did...

Activist call for freedom of speech ahead of forthcoming elections 

The Center for Peace and Advocacy (CPA), an advocacy body, is urging the government to ensure freedom of speech as the country prepares for...

AMDISS Board elects female Chair to head the Executives

The Association for Media Development in South Sudan has elected new seven Executive Board members to work with the secretariat to advance press freedom...

30 female Prison warders train on gender responsiveness in Torit

By Taban Tom Henry At least thirty female prison officers were trained by UNMISS on gender responsiveness in Torit, Eastern Equatoria State. The UNMISS Correction Advisor...

SSPDF promise to punish its officers allegedly violating human rights

By Taban Gabriel South Sudan People's Defense Forces (SSPDF) has assured the peace monitoring mechanism to punish some of its soldiers currently detained for their...

Female inmates beg for their release to honour Women’s Day

By Ginaba Lino South Sudan has joined the rest of the world to celebrate the International Women’s Day with female inmates at Juba National Prison...

South Sudan denies UN report on Human Rights Vilation

The government of South Sudan has rejected the report by the United Nations Human Rights Commission on abuse and violations committed in the country. The...

South Sudan sets to enact laws for Persons with disability

The Chairperson for Persons with Disability, Augustino Wudu Illario expressed hope to advocate for enacting a bill in the parliament that will lead to...

President Kiir asks to join the International Women’s Day Celebration

As the world prepares to celebrate International Women's Day, on 8th March, Women Union in Central Equatoria has raised concerns about presidents not attending...

AMDISS urges the government to uphold press freedom and the safety of journalists

Members of the Association for Media Development in South Sudan (AMDISS) discuss press freedom and the safety of journalists with National Minister of Information...

Media and the National Assembly discuss the safety of Journalists

By Taban Gabriel Members from the Association for Media Development in South Sudan (AMDISS) met on Tuesday with the Specialized Committee for information at the...

Wau celebrates International Red Hand Day with a call to end child soldiers 

Carmela Santino Western Bahr el Ghazal State, students from various learning institutions in Wau celebrated the International Day against the use of child soldiers. The occasion...

Constitution Amendment committee revises Penson Bill

By Taban Gabriel The National Constitution Amendment Committee (NCAC) has finalized revision of the National Pension Fund bill and presented it to the Ministry of...

JHR returns to S. Sudan to tackle Disinformation, Hate speech

By Taban Gabriel The Canadian base Journalist for Human Rights Organization (JHR) in collaboration with Defy Hate Now South Sudan, has on Wednesday launched a...

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