South Sudan - Two Ugandan journalists and local fixer held for past three days

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders is appalled to learn that South Sudan's army – the Sudanese People's Liberation Army (SPLA) – has been holding two visiting Ugandan journalists, Hillary Ayesiga and Justin Dralaze, and their South Sudanese fixer and driver, Sunday David Tut, for the past three days. The three journalists were arrested on the airport road in Juba, the capital, on 27 July, supposedly for filming along the road without permission. “The government's silence about these three journalists' (...)

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