Human rights defenders in Unity State cannot celebrate a happy new year as they reflect on the sorrowful and unjust killing of four men through the implementation of jungle laws in the region. I urge the government to consider 2022-2023 as deadly years marked by human rights abuses, executions by firing squad, orchestrated disappearances of targeted groups, intimidation of human rights defenders, arrests of journalists, and the tragic killing of Gatluak Majiok along with three other men by a firing squad.