Amnesty International Calls For Release of Clergymen
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Elisabeth Janaina
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Amnesty International Calls For Release of Clergymen
Amnesty International has expressed great concerns over the detention
of Church leaders in South Sudan and is appealing to authorities to
urgently release them.
06 June 2013
By Peter Lokale Nakimangole
TORIT, 05 June 2013 [Gurtong] – According to a press release from the
body two members of the Presbyterian Church in South Sudan, Reverend
Idris Joshua Idris Nalos and Pastor Trainee David Gayin were picked
from their homes by security forces on 19 May.
“They are being detained incommunicado, without access to a lawyer or
their family, and are at risk of torture or other forms of
ill-treatment”, read part of the statement.
On 19 May at 8pm security forces entered Reverend Idris Joshua Idris
Nalos’ house in South Sudan’s capital, Juba, and according to
eyewitnesses, fired three shots in the air, before proceeding to beat
the Reverend and take him away in a car belonging to the security
forces.
They also searched and confiscated valuables belonging to him and his
family members, including mobile phones, house keys, laptops and
documents.
Amnesty International further says that on the same night, at around
10pm, security forces broke down the door and entered the house of
Pastor Trainee David Gayin and arrested him.
“No reason was given to either of the clergymen’s families for their
arrests, and their whereabouts remain unknown. They have not had
access to a lawyer or their family members”, adds the statement.
Amnesty International maintains that “detaining someone for more than
24 hours without the permission of the court, as both men have been,
is illegal in South Sudan. Article 19(4) of the Republic of South
Sudan’s Transitional Constitution states that a suspect must be
released on bail after 24 hours, unless a court decides they should be
remanded in prison”.
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Amnesty International has expressed great concerns over the detention
of Church leaders in South Sudan and is appealing to authorities to
urgently release them.
06 June 2013
By Peter Lokale Nakimangole
TORIT, 05 June 2013 [Gurtong] – According to a press release from the
body two members of the Presbyterian Church in South Sudan, Reverend
Idris Joshua Idris Nalos and Pastor Trainee David Gayin were picked
from their homes by security forces on 19 May.
“They are being detained incommunicado, without access to a lawyer or
their family, and are at risk of torture or other forms of
ill-treatment”, read part of the statement.
On 19 May at 8pm security forces entered Reverend Idris Joshua Idris
Nalos’ house in South Sudan’s capital, Juba, and according to
eyewitnesses, fired three shots in the air, before proceeding to beat
the Reverend and take him away in a car belonging to the security
forces.
They also searched and confiscated valuables belonging to him and his
family members, including mobile phones, house keys, laptops and
documents.
Amnesty International further says that on the same night, at around
10pm, security forces broke down the door and entered the house of
Pastor Trainee David Gayin and arrested him.
“No reason was given to either of the clergymen’s families for their
arrests, and their whereabouts remain unknown. They have not had
access to a lawyer or their family members”, adds the statement.
Amnesty International maintains that “detaining someone for more than
24 hours without the permission of the court, as both men have been,
is illegal in South Sudan. Article 19(4) of the Republic of South
Sudan’s Transitional Constitution states that a suspect must be
released on bail after 24 hours, unless a court decides they should be
remanded in prison”.
Posted in: Home, Foreign Relations, Governance
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