Six journalists in South Sudan have been arrested by the national security service over the circulation of a viral video...
January 7, 2023 6:06 PM
that the reporters were “suspected of having knowledge on how the video of the president urinating himself came out”.Oyet said the detained journalists are Joseph Oliver and Mustafa Osman , Victor Lado ; Jacob Benjamin ; and Cherbek Ruben and Joval Toombe from the control room. According to Mumo, the arrest was “a pattern of security personnel resorting to arbitrary detention whenever officials deem coverage unfavourable”.
The rights groups have frequently called on the South Sudanese authorities to stop harassing and threatening journalists.
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