Press Release: 8 February 2017 February 8, 2017 (SSNA) — South Sudan Human Rights Society for Advocacy (SSHURSA), strongly calls again on President Salva Kiir to restrain from publicly uttering emotional statements that can harm life. On 6 February 2017, while addressing members of the public in Yei town, President Kiir was reported to have…
New York, February 7, 2017 (SSNA) — The Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide, Adama Dieng, expressed grave concern at the continued level of violence in several areas of South Sudan. “President Salva Kiir has made a commitment to end the violence and bring about peace, yet we still see ongoing…
February 3, 2017 (SSNA) — The recent surge in fighting in and around the towns of Wau Shilluk and Malakal (Greater Upper Nile region), has left many of those forced to flee cut off from healthcare. The international medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is today calling on all sides to ensure that…
Press Release: for immediate release; 30 January 2017 SSHURSA Condemns Minister Michael Makuei Lueth’s resistance to the Hybrid Court and urges African Union, United Nations and rest of the international Community for action January 30, 2017 (SSNA) — The South Sudan Human Rights Society for Advocacy(SSHURSA) condemns in strongest terms possible the statements attributed to…
Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) just closed the doors of its emergency health centre in Melut. The intervention in the north-east of the country was a success and helped fill gaps in healthcare in areas affected by fighting at the end of 2013. Now that the needs of the community have changed, MSF is…
ACT-J calls on Kenya government to respect the Rights of Refugees and Asylum Seekers Press Statement: for Immediate Release; 30th /01/2017 January 30, 2017 (SSNA) — Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), which was adopted in 1948, guarantees the right to seek and enjoy asylum in other countries. Subsequent regional human rights instruments have elaborated…
January 28, 2017 (SSNA) — We, members of Global Partnership for Peace in South Sudan (GaPPSS) and other South Sudanese civil organizations and activists in the United States of America are outraged, appalled and anguished by the brutal assassination of Lt. Col. Al Fadil Meil Issa Limbo. On January 25, the body of late Officer…
SSHURSA WELCOMES RULING OF THE HIGH COURT OF KENYA AGAINST PLANNED DEPORTATION OF DONG SAMUEL LUAK AND AGGREY IDRIS Press Release: for immediate release; 27 January 2017 January 27, 2017 (SSNA) — The South Sudan Human Rights Society for Advocacy(SSHURSA) welcomes the ruling made on 27 January 2017 by the High Court of Kenya, that…
SSHURSA CONDEMNS ABDUCTION OF SAMUEL DONG AND CALLS ON KENYAN GOVERNMENT TO RESPECT HUMAN RIGHTS, URGES INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO STOP DEPORTATION Press Release: for immediate release; 25 January 2017 January 25, 2017 (SSNA) — The South Sudan Human Rights Society for Advocacy(SSHURSA) condemns in strongest terms possible the abduction of the Nairobi-based South Sudanese human…
Press Release January 25, 2017 (SSNA) — The South Sudan International Advocacy for Human Rights and Global Partnership for Peace in South Sudan are hereby condemning the Kenyan authority for behaving destructively and violently against South Sudanese citizens and political activists who are currently residing in its territory. For decades, Kenya has been a hope…