South Sudan famine and violence “man-made”: Bishops
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South Sudan famine and violence “man-made”: Bishops
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February 26, 2017 (BOR) - A group of South Sudanese Catholic bishops
have accused the country’s warring factions of committing war crimes,
targeting and humiliating civilians across the county while agitating
for justice to be done.
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A group of Bishops in Juba (ST/file)
Nine Bishops, in a letter witnessed by the apostolic Nuncio to South
Sudan and Kenya, condemned what they described as the atrocities
committed by militants against civilians in the country, saying it
constituted a “war crime”.
“While authorities calm situation for people to return to their homes,
there is nothing left for people, since the forces used “scorch earth”
warfare. The authorities may claim they are free to return to their
homes, in practice, they fear to do so. In places the destruction has
been described to us as scorched earth, what have people got left to
return to? All of this is a form of “collective punishment”, which is
outlawed as a war crime under the Geneva conventions”, reads the
letter Sudan Tribune obtained.
The violence, the argued in the letter, has mainly been perpetrated by
government and opposition forces against innocent civilians in the
world’s youngest nation.
“Killing, raping, looting, displacement, attacks on churches and
destruction of property continue all over the country. They are
killed, raped, tortured, burned, beaten, looted, harassed, detained,
displaced from their homes and prevented from harvesting their crops,”
further reads the clerics’ letter.
“Even when they have fled to our churches and UN camps, they are still
harassed by security forces. Not only are they being killed, but their
bodies are also mutilated, and burned. People had been herded into
their houses, which were then set on fire to burn occupants. Bodies
had been dumped into sewage-filled septic tanks. This is a general
lack of respect for human life”, it adds.
The Bishops have planned a meeting with President Salva Kiir and other
government officials as they seek remedies to the civil war in South
Sudan.
At least 100,000 people, aid agencies said, are facing starvation in
parts of the country while 4.9 million of them need urgent
humanitarian assistance.
(ST)
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27 February 10:43, by Akook
Only voices of God’s people can never be corrupted or polarised
along tribal line. It gives me hope that Churches are the only one
left to tell plainly as it is....
Crime against humanity. After Khartoum did it onto us South
Sudanese! Who in their right minds would believe that even worst we
can do it on our own selves?!!!
repondre message
27 February 10:52, by Akook
No land to fight for, no borders no nothing but stupid seat
called presidency.
To hell with presidency. Presidency remain a curse in South
Sudan. The world laughs at us behind doors that we are still monkeys
NOT real full humans yet! That is exactly how the world views us
repondre message
27 February 12:08, by jubaone
Akook,
Not all of us are the same like those jienge criminals and
tailless monkeys that have caused so much misery to our people. Kiir
is a hopeless leader, who cant even lead his own family; a failure and
hyporite. His greatest fear is; what to do when out of office. He has
no profession, no formal education and doesn´t know what next. He
rather cling onto office and let SS die than quitting.
repondre message
27 February 14:09, by Gbu Na Baranya A Renya Lugor
It’s true, I always give credit to the church for working for the
goodness of all.
Praise the LORD
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27 February 14:52, by Kat Cok
Catholic Church leaders in Juba are incited people of Equatoria to
stir against Government and against Jieng (Dinka), but Government is
wise enough not to take care of them, but one day even God will judge
them of their deeds.
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February 26, 2017 (BOR) - A group of South Sudanese Catholic bishops
have accused the country’s warring factions of committing war crimes,
targeting and humiliating civilians across the county while agitating
for justice to be done.
JPEG - 41.8 kb
A group of Bishops in Juba (ST/file)
Nine Bishops, in a letter witnessed by the apostolic Nuncio to South
Sudan and Kenya, condemned what they described as the atrocities
committed by militants against civilians in the country, saying it
constituted a “war crime”.
“While authorities calm situation for people to return to their homes,
there is nothing left for people, since the forces used “scorch earth”
warfare. The authorities may claim they are free to return to their
homes, in practice, they fear to do so. In places the destruction has
been described to us as scorched earth, what have people got left to
return to? All of this is a form of “collective punishment”, which is
outlawed as a war crime under the Geneva conventions”, reads the
letter Sudan Tribune obtained.
The violence, the argued in the letter, has mainly been perpetrated by
government and opposition forces against innocent civilians in the
world’s youngest nation.
“Killing, raping, looting, displacement, attacks on churches and
destruction of property continue all over the country. They are
killed, raped, tortured, burned, beaten, looted, harassed, detained,
displaced from their homes and prevented from harvesting their crops,”
further reads the clerics’ letter.
“Even when they have fled to our churches and UN camps, they are still
harassed by security forces. Not only are they being killed, but their
bodies are also mutilated, and burned. People had been herded into
their houses, which were then set on fire to burn occupants. Bodies
had been dumped into sewage-filled septic tanks. This is a general
lack of respect for human life”, it adds.
The Bishops have planned a meeting with President Salva Kiir and other
government officials as they seek remedies to the civil war in South
Sudan.
At least 100,000 people, aid agencies said, are facing starvation in
parts of the country while 4.9 million of them need urgent
humanitarian assistance.
(ST)
Comments on the Sudan Tribune website must abide by the following
rules. Contravention of these rules will lead to the user losing their
Sudan Tribune account with immediate effect.
- No inciting violence
- No inappropriate or offensive language
- No racism, tribalism or sectarianism
- No inappropriate or derogatory remarks
- No deviation from the topic of the article
- No advertising, spamming or links
- No incomprehensible comments
Due to the unprecedented amount of racist and offensive language on
the site, Sudan Tribune tries to vet all comments on the site.
There is now also a limit of 400 words per comment. If you want to
express yourself in more detail than this allows, please e-mail your
comment as an article to com...@sudantribune.com
Kind regards,
The Sudan Tribune editorial team.
27 February 10:43, by Akook
Only voices of God’s people can never be corrupted or polarised
along tribal line. It gives me hope that Churches are the only one
left to tell plainly as it is....
Crime against humanity. After Khartoum did it onto us South
Sudanese! Who in their right minds would believe that even worst we
can do it on our own selves?!!!
repondre message
27 February 10:52, by Akook
No land to fight for, no borders no nothing but stupid seat
called presidency.
To hell with presidency. Presidency remain a curse in South
Sudan. The world laughs at us behind doors that we are still monkeys
NOT real full humans yet! That is exactly how the world views us
repondre message
27 February 12:08, by jubaone
Akook,
Not all of us are the same like those jienge criminals and
tailless monkeys that have caused so much misery to our people. Kiir
is a hopeless leader, who cant even lead his own family; a failure and
hyporite. His greatest fear is; what to do when out of office. He has
no profession, no formal education and doesn´t know what next. He
rather cling onto office and let SS die than quitting.
repondre message
27 February 14:09, by Gbu Na Baranya A Renya Lugor
It’s true, I always give credit to the church for working for the
goodness of all.
Praise the LORD
repondre message
27 February 14:52, by Kat Cok
Catholic Church leaders in Juba are incited people of Equatoria to
stir against Government and against Jieng (Dinka), but Government is
wise enough not to take care of them, but one day even God will judge
them of their deeds.
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