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November 28, 2016 (JUBA) - South Sudanese authorities Monday barred a team a ceasefire monitoring team from reaching Yei to assess the security situation in the troubled Central Equatoria region . SPLA soldiers are seen at the airport in Bor January 19, 2014. (Photo Reuters/Andreea Campeaunu) In a statement extended to Sudan Tribune, the Ceasefire and Transitional Security Arrangements Monitoring Mechanism (CTSAMM) said one of its teams was "denied freedom of movement while trying to reach Yei to conduct an assessment of the area and carry out its mandated activities". The ceasefire monitoring mechanism said they got the green light from all the concerned authorities including the Joint Military Ceasefire Commission since early this month." However when the MVT began their journey from Juba this morning they were stopped at a check point on the outskirts of the city and told they would not be allowed pass beyond that point," said the statement. Since last summer, different reports emerged from the areas speaking about attacks by armed opposition elements in the area who are designed as "terrorists" or ’’anti-peace elements’’ by the local authorities. Other reports also mention violent counterinsurgency operations by the government army in the area. On 12 November Adama Dieng, U.N. special adviser on prevention of genocide, called to probe the human rights violations in the state, stressing the gravity of the situation there "merits immediate intervention – a full scale fact-finding investigation and enhanced humanitarian support". Also, Dieng motioned reports about the expulsion of farmers from their agricultural plots into Yei town. "These farmers have lost their homes and belongings, livestock and land. Property has been looted and villages have been burned," he said. The ceasefire mechanism called on the Transitional Government of National Unity to intervene in this issue to ensure that its teams can visit Yei." The CTSAMM would like to reiterate that it has a legal right to be present in South Sudan as stipulated in Chapter II of the ARCSS, and condemns, in the strongest terms, the denial of freedom of movement for the CTSAMM MVTs," said the statement. In line with the peace agreement, the CTSAMM tasked with the monitoring of the implementation of the Permanent Ceasefire and Transitional Security Arrangements (PCTSA). (ST) Comments on the Sudan Tribune website must abide by the following rules. Contravention of these rules will lead to the user losing their Sudan Tribune account with immediate effect. - No inciting violence- No inappropriate or offensive language- No racism, tribalism or sectarianism- No inappropriate or derogatory remarks- No deviation from the topic of the article- No advertising, spamming or links - No incomprehensible commentsDue to the unprecedented amount of racist and offensive language on the site, Sudan Tribune tries to vet all comments on the site. There is now also a limit of 400 words per comment. If you want to express yourself in more detail than this allows, please e-mail your comment as an article to [email protected] Kind regards, The Sudan Tribune editorial team. 28 NOVEMBER 22:15, BY Stephen kuach you’re denying them today,but tomorrow you will change your mind again. REPONDRE MESSAGE 29 NOVEMBER 00:04, BY Naath Dinka tribal gang leader Kiir would not allow truth seekers to enter the places where civilians were mass murdered. The Dinka gang leader use his tribal men to massacre women, blinds, cripples, and elderly citizens in their own houses. This is the government the Obama’s administration supported to the core. No matter how powerful are Kiir and Obama, South Sudan is yet to overcome this humiliation. REPONDRE MESSAGE 29 NOVEMBER 03:02, BY jur_likang_a_ likan’g There is no reason why witnesses of atrocities should be barred from going to theatres of war apart from concealing evidence of ethnic cleansing or genocide for that matter. Our people are being killed by the tools that are supposed to protect and defend them. It is a sorry matter that Dinka are killing South Sudanese just like the Arabs did even worse than what the Jallabas did. REPONDRE MESSAGE 29 NOVEMBER 05:01, BY Jebel I declared genocide is seriously taking in South Sudan, Dinka people have Killed nuer people and now they are killing innocent equatorian people yet international bodies are sitting ideal. 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