Five Youth Earlier Detained In Rumbek Released Without Charges
Lakes state government has set free five youth who were detained by Lakes state branch of National Intelligent security service (NISS). 27 April 2013 By Gabriel Mayom RUMBEK, 27 April 2013 (Gurtong) - They five young men were arrested on April 15 when they questioned the term of Lakes state military caretaker governor. Those who were arrested are Marol Mayom Dhuol, Samuel Marial Dongrin, James Mayen Dut and Mangol Chol Deng and John Mayen Ngor. All were respectively released without charges and told not to talk to anybody on what happened to them after they were tortured in a secret prison. They youth file a letter to Lakes state parliament asking why lawmakers become silent after the duration given to caretaker Governor got expired. In a petition written by April 15 and signed by five youth members, they asked why the governor continues active exercising constitutional powers after 60 days expired. In a copy obtained by media, charge state parliament for having not questioned caretaker governor term limit and South Sudan transitional constitution and Lakes state transitional constitution does not permit caretaker governor to continue exercising powers after 60 day. South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit issue presidential decree to remove elected Governor Chol Tong Mayay and replaced him with military caretaker Governor Maj-Gen Matur Chut Dhuol on January 23. Lakes state had experience harsh measures of security reform that comprise of arbitrary arrest of young men being suspected of road robbery, cattle raiding and clashes related to inter-communal violence. Samuel Marial Dongrin confirmed that they were being released on Wednesday after they were seriously tortured by members of NISS. He describe attitude being imposed by security personnel in Rumbek upon any person talking about the government as “harsh and inhuman” saying that more people are being beaten and denied to speak out their right. “We were being released without charges level against us – they did not even take us to court – they beaten us and they told us to keep quite without telling what happened to us to anybody,” he said. “It is very bad attitude being amply in this state – we will battle our right as provide to us in this transitional constitution of South Sudan – we are human being are we knew what is right and what is wrong,” he added. Posted in: Home, Governance -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
