Amnesty Worldwide Saturday called on South Sudanese authorities to make clear the destiny and whereabouts of detained South Sudanese authorities critic, Morris Mabior Awikjok Bak. The group made the assertion as a response and applause to a petition filed by Pan-African Attorneys Union (PALU) within the East African Court docket of Justice (EACJ) asking the court docket to ascertain his whereabouts. This detention of South Sudanese refugees in Kenya by South Sudan’s Nationwide Safety Service continues to spike concern amongst different South Sudanese refugees residing in Kenya.
In a statement by the group, Deputy Regional Director for East and Southern Africa, Flavia Mwangovya, mentioned:
What occurred to Morris Mabior Awikjok Bak matches a broader sample of abductions and unlawful transfers of South Sudanese refugees from neighboring nations by South Sudan’s Nationwide Safety Service(NSS). This case brings again haunting recollections of the enforced disappearance in Kenya and alleged extrajudicial killings in South Sudan of South Sudanese human rights lawyer and activist Dong Samuel Luak and Aggrey Ezbon Idri, a member of the political opposition.
Earlier this month, the group additionally urged the South Sudanese authorities to launch Morris till there may be proof that he dedicated a world recognizable offense. It said that, “Along with clarifying the destiny and whereabouts of Morris Mabior Awikjok Bak, the South Sudanese authorities should guarantee he has common entry to his household, a lawyer and a physician, except he’s charged with an internationally recognisable offence, instantly launch him.” The illegal detention offends Article 9 of the Common Declaration of Human Rights which seeks to advertise human rights.
Morris Mabior was reported to have been arbitrarily arrested by armed Kenyan Safety forces and detained in South Sudan on February 4. He has been a terrific critic of South Sudan’s authorities.