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From: John Ashworth <ashwor...@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, Jul 24, 2016 at 10:27 AM
Subject: [sudans-john-ashworth] Amnesty International: 1 DEAD, 2 RELEASED, 30 STILL DETAINED
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URGENT ACTION: ONE DEAD, two released, 30 still detained
By Amnesty International, 22 July 2016, Index number: AFR 65/4494/2016
Loreom Joseph Longie who had been arbitrarily detained at the National
Security Service (NSS) headquarters in Jebel neighbourhood since
September 2014, passed away on 17 July. Two other detainees Benjamin
Taban and Joseph Ngec have been released. 30 other men remain
arbitrarily detained at the NSS headquarters.
Loreom Joseph Longie, 36 years-old, died in the early morning of 17
July while undergoing treatment at Juba Teaching Hospital. He had been
taken to the hospital on 14 July by NSS officers. Amnesty
International has been informed that poor conditions at the NSS
detention facility—including physical abuse, insufficient food and
medical care—may have contributed to his death. He was said to be
suffering from a tapeworm infection that went untreated and caused
liver damage.
NSS officers arrested Loreom Joseph in late September 2014 in Kapoeta,
Eastern Equatoria State. He was detained in Kapoeta for three days,
during which he was interrogated about suspected links with the Sudan
People’s Liberation Movement/Army-In Opposition (SPLM/A-IO) and
subjected to torture and other ill-treatment. NSS officers beat him
severely, pierced his testicles with needles, and dripped molten
plastic on to his skin. He was then transferred to Juba and detained
at the NSS headquarters in the Jebel neighbourhood until his death.
He spent 22 months in NSS detention, without being charged or
presented in court.
Two other detainees, Benjamin Taban and Joseph Ngec were released in
early June. 30 other men remain arbitrarily detained at the NSS
headquarters and have been denied the right to be brought promptly
before a judge and the right to challenge the lawfulness of their
detention. Some of these detainees are being held incommunicado,
without any access to family members or the outside world.
Please write immediately in English, Arabic or your own language:
- Urging the South Sudanese authorities to either charge each of the
30 men with a recognizable offence, consistent with international law,
or immediately release them;
- Urging them to ensure that the 30 men are not subjected to torture
and other ill-treatment while in detention;
- Urging them to grant the 30 men access to adequate medical care,
access to lawyers of their own choosing, and also allow visits from
their families;
- Calling on them to initiate prompt, effective and impartial
investigations into NSS detention practices, including enforced
disappearances, deaths in custody, torture and other ill-treatment.
Additional Information
Amnesty International has documented an increase in violations
committed by the NSS and other security agencies since conflict began
in mid-December 2013. Cases of enforced disappearances, arbitrary
arrests, extra-judicial killings and prolonged detention have been on
the rise, with reports of torture and other ill-treatment while in
custody.
Amnesty International is concerned that in addition to these 30 men,
there are others who are arbitrarily detained not only at the NSS
headquarters in Juba but also in other NSS or military places of
detention across the country. Detainees are fed a monotonous diet, and
sometimes only eat once a day. They sleep on the floor and do not have
access to adequate medical care. Some have been beaten, especially
during interrogation or as a form of punishment. These poor conditions
amount to ill-treatment.
The NSS Act of 2014 grants the NSS sweeping powers to arrest and
detain, without ensuring adequate judicial oversight or safeguards
against abuse of these powers. The Act does not specify that detainees
may only be held in official places of detention or guarantee basic
due process rights, such as the right to counsel or to be tried within
a reasonable period of time. The law effectively gives a carte blanche
to the NSS to continue and extend its longstanding pattern of
arbitrary detention, with total impunity.
Name: Alison Mogga Tadeo, Aloro John, Andria Baambe, Angelo Banaveso,
Ayume Dada, Chandiga Felix, Daniel Bakumba, Davide Peter, Eli Duku
Nimaya, Emilio Paul, George Livio Bahara, Gwagbwe Christopher, John
Mboliako, Jorem Eseru, Justin Yasir, Justine Peter, Justine Wanawila,
Kennedy Kenyi, Lado James, Lokolong Joseph, Martin Augustino, Michael
Sokiri, Mike Tyson, Ochaya Godfrey Saverio, Ocitti Richard Okumu,
Otihu Lawrence, Paul Baba, Richard Otti, Sokiri Felix Wani, Tartisio
Oshini
Elizabeth Deng
South Sudan Researcher
Amnesty International
+254 739354262
<Elizabe...@amnesty.org>
END
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From: John Ashworth <ashwor...@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, Jul 24, 2016 at 10:27 AM
Subject: [sudans-john-ashworth] Amnesty International: 1 DEAD, 2 RELEASED, 30 STILL DETAINED
To: Group <sudans-joh...@googlegroups.com>
URGENT ACTION: ONE DEAD, two released, 30 still detained
By Amnesty International, 22 July 2016, Index number: AFR 65/4494/2016
Loreom Joseph Longie who had been arbitrarily detained at the National
Security Service (NSS) headquarters in Jebel neighbourhood since
September 2014, passed away on 17 July. Two other detainees Benjamin
Taban and Joseph Ngec have been released. 30 other men remain
arbitrarily detained at the NSS headquarters.
Loreom Joseph Longie, 36 years-old, died in the early morning of 17
July while undergoing treatment at Juba Teaching Hospital. He had been
taken to the hospital on 14 July by NSS officers. Amnesty
International has been informed that poor conditions at the NSS
detention facility—including physical abuse, insufficient food and
medical care—may have contributed to his death. He was said to be
suffering from a tapeworm infection that went untreated and caused
liver damage.
NSS officers arrested Loreom Joseph in late September 2014 in Kapoeta,
Eastern Equatoria State. He was detained in Kapoeta for three days,
during which he was interrogated about suspected links with the Sudan
People’s Liberation Movement/Army-In Opposition (SPLM/A-IO) and
subjected to torture and other ill-treatment. NSS officers beat him
severely, pierced his testicles with needles, and dripped molten
plastic on to his skin. He was then transferred to Juba and detained
at the NSS headquarters in the Jebel neighbourhood until his death.
He spent 22 months in NSS detention, without being charged or
presented in court.
Two other detainees, Benjamin Taban and Joseph Ngec were released in
early June. 30 other men remain arbitrarily detained at the NSS
headquarters and have been denied the right to be brought promptly
before a judge and the right to challenge the lawfulness of their
detention. Some of these detainees are being held incommunicado,
without any access to family members or the outside world.
Please write immediately in English, Arabic or your own language:
- Urging the South Sudanese authorities to either charge each of the
30 men with a recognizable offence, consistent with international law,
or immediately release them;
- Urging them to ensure that the 30 men are not subjected to torture
and other ill-treatment while in detention;
- Urging them to grant the 30 men access to adequate medical care,
access to lawyers of their own choosing, and also allow visits from
their families;
- Calling on them to initiate prompt, effective and impartial
investigations into NSS detention practices, including enforced
disappearances, deaths in custody, torture and other ill-treatment.
Additional Information
Amnesty International has documented an increase in violations
committed by the NSS and other security agencies since conflict began
in mid-December 2013. Cases of enforced disappearances, arbitrary
arrests, extra-judicial killings and prolonged detention have been on
the rise, with reports of torture and other ill-treatment while in
custody.
Amnesty International is concerned that in addition to these 30 men,
there are others who are arbitrarily detained not only at the NSS
headquarters in Juba but also in other NSS or military places of
detention across the country. Detainees are fed a monotonous diet, and
sometimes only eat once a day. They sleep on the floor and do not have
access to adequate medical care. Some have been beaten, especially
during interrogation or as a form of punishment. These poor conditions
amount to ill-treatment.
The NSS Act of 2014 grants the NSS sweeping powers to arrest and
detain, without ensuring adequate judicial oversight or safeguards
against abuse of these powers. The Act does not specify that detainees
may only be held in official places of detention or guarantee basic
due process rights, such as the right to counsel or to be tried within
a reasonable period of time. The law effectively gives a carte blanche
to the NSS to continue and extend its longstanding pattern of
arbitrary detention, with total impunity.
Name: Alison Mogga Tadeo, Aloro John, Andria Baambe, Angelo Banaveso,
Ayume Dada, Chandiga Felix, Daniel Bakumba, Davide Peter, Eli Duku
Nimaya, Emilio Paul, George Livio Bahara, Gwagbwe Christopher, John
Mboliako, Jorem Eseru, Justin Yasir, Justine Peter, Justine Wanawila,
Kennedy Kenyi, Lado James, Lokolong Joseph, Martin Augustino, Michael
Sokiri, Mike Tyson, Ochaya Godfrey Saverio, Ocitti Richard Okumu,
Otihu Lawrence, Paul Baba, Richard Otti, Sokiri Felix Wani, Tartisio
Oshini
Elizabeth Deng
South Sudan Researcher
Amnesty International
+254 739354262
<Elizabe...@amnesty.org>
END
______________________
John Ashworth
ashwor...@gmail.com
+254 725 926 297 (Kenya mobile)
+211 919 695 362 (South Sudan mobile)
+44 787 976 8030 (UK mobile)
+88 216 4334 0735 (Thuraya satphone)
Skype: jashworth1
PO Box 52002 - 00200, Nairobi, Kenya
This is a personal e-mail address and the contents do not necessarily
reflect the views of any organisation
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