Civil society and the media must be protected so that they can hold the South Sudan National Security Service (NSS) and the government accountable, according to a report by investigative organization The Sentry.
The UN Secretary-General is calling on governments to grant freedom of the media and expression as the world marks International Day of Democracy on Thursday.
President Salva Kiir’s regime has done it again-this time in a horrid and inhumane fashion-and summarily executing, by firing squad and immolation, suspected senior rebel officers who are thought to have planned the attack on Mayom and killed the commissioner there last month.