TOM ODULA and SAM MEDNICK Associated Press
NAIROBI, Kenya– Jabbing needles in prisoners’ genitals, pouring melted plastic on their skin and hanging them upside down for long periods: These are tortures allegedly being perpetrated by South Sudan’s National Security Service, according to an international human rights group.
Electric shocks, gang rapes, abductions and killings are also abuses carried out by the security agency charged Human Rights Watch in a study launched Monday.
Established in 2011 shortly after the country gained independence South Sudan’s National Security Service has been operating beyond its constitutional mandate of collecting information, conducting analysis and advising relevant authorities, the report said.
South Sudan s spy agency abuses prisoners, says rights group
by Tom Odula And Sam Mednick, The Associated Press
Posted Dec 14, 2020 11:07 am EDT
Last Updated Dec 14, 2020 at 11:14 am EDT
NAIROBI, Kenya Jabbing needles in prisoners’ genitals, pouring melted plastic on their skin and hanging them upside down for long periods: These are tortures allegedly being perpetrated by South Sudan’s National Security Service, according to an international human rights group.
Electric shocks, gang rapes, abductions and killings are also abuses carried out by the security agency charged Human Rights Watch in a study launched Monday.
Established in 2011 shortly after the country gained independence South Sudan’s National Security Service has been operating beyond its constitutional mandate of collecting information, conducting analysis and advising relevant authorities, the report said.
Tom Odula And Sam Mednick December 14, 2020 - 9:23 AM
NAIROBI, Kenya - Jabbing needles in prisoners genitals, pouring melted plastic on their skin and hanging them upside down for long periods: These are tortures allegedly being perpetrated by South Sudan s National Security Service, according to an international human rights group.
Electric shocks, gang rapes, abductions and killings are also abuses carried out by the security agency charged Human Rights Watch in a study launched Monday.
Established in 2011 â shortly after the country gained independence â South Sudanâs National Security Service has been operating beyond its constitutional mandate of collecting information, conducting analysis and advising relevant authorities, the report said.
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