South Sudan: Release Detained Airport Officials

(Nairobi) – South Sudanese authorities should unconditionally release six airport officials unlawfully detained without trial since November 2018, or else promptly charge them and release them on bail pending trial, Human Rights Watch said today. South Sudan’s government should also ensure that ongoing revisions to the National Security Service Act incorporate basic human rights protections. The National Security Service arrested the six individuals at various times in November on fraud allegations. They remain detained unlawfully without authorization by any judicial authority. The cases are part…

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