March 20
SOUTH SUDAN:
Urgent Action
TWO MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING
James Gatdet and William Endley, who had both been arbitrarily detained at the
National Security Services (NSS) headquarters in Juba, were convicted and
sentenced to death by a High Court in Juba on 12 February and 23 February,
respectively. They are appealing their sentences.
Write a letter, send an email, call, fax or tweet:
* Calling on them to quash the convictions and death sentences of the two men
and ensure that they are granted a retrial that will be in line with
international standards for a fair trial and without recourse to the death
penalty;
* Calling on them establish an official moratorium on executions with a view to
abolishing the death penalty for all crimes;
* Calling on them to initiate prompt, effective, independent and impartial
investigations into NSS detention practices, including enforced disappearances,
deaths in custody, torture and other ill-treatment, to publicly disclose the
findings, and to hold suspected perpetrators accountable in fair trials without
recourse to the death penalty.
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Contact these two officials by 1 May 2018:
President of the Republic of South Sudan
Salva Kiir Mayardit
Twitter: @RepSouthSudan
Salutation: Your Excellency
Ambassador Garang Diing Akuong, Embassy of the Republic of South Sudan
1015 31st Street NW Suite 300
Washington, DC 20007
Phone: 202 293 7940 I Fax: 202 293 7941
Contact form: http://www.southsudanembassyusa.org/contact/
Facebook: https://goo.gl/wiw3oV
Salutation: Dear Ambassador
(source: Amnesty International USA)
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