South Sudan: Opposition Leaders, Others, Detained

(Johannesburg) – South Sudanese authorities have arrested at least 22 political and military personnel in the wake of violent clashes that started in mid-February 2025 between government and armed groups in Upper Nile, Human Rights Watch said today. These recent developments have plunged the country into political crisis.“The lack of transparency and legitimate concerns about the legality of the arrests and detention of opposition leaders and others fuel instability in an already fragile security context,” said Nyagoah Tut Pur, South Sudan researcher at Human Rights Watch. “Authorities…

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