S. Sudan authorities urged to tackle online incitement
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June 17, 2017 (JUBA) - Authorities in South Sudan have been urged to
develop laws to combat rampant online incitement, which they said have
exacerbated violence and ethnic tension in the young nation.
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South Sudanese civil society activist Edmund Yakani (The Niles/File)
Jacob Dut Chol, a lecturer at University of Juba, accused some South
Sudanese abroad have largely contributed to the problem, citing the
widespread dissemination of “fake news” on social media.
"Hate speech is a big and worrying issue in South Sudan. If it’s not
addressed on time, it will cause a lot of ethnic polarization,
disunity and continue perpetuating the violence for a while," Chol
said.
Hate speech is speech which attacks a person or group on the basis of
attributes such as race, religion, ethnic origin, sexual orientation,
disability, or gender.
Chol called for tougher laws against those involved in online and
offline hate speech practices, if the situation is to be controlled.
Citing experiences in Rwanda and Kenya, the Juba University don urged
South Sudanese to advocate for responsible use of social media, create
hate speech awareness and preach peace building.
"Hate speech can be controlled by tough laws and policies. This
therefore calls on the government to urgently come up with
legislations. We need to also scale up sensitization against hate
speech," Chol stressed.
Edmund Yakani, South Sudanese activist said a recently conducted
survey showed that four out of five posts or comments on social media
in South Sudan carried hate speech or incitement to violence.
"Hate speech has contributed to the ethnic divisions. And if we don’t
get serious, the word South Sudan will soon disappear and we begin
identifying ourselves by tribes and ethnicities," Yakani said.
"There is need to mitigate hate speech through contribution from the
government by enacting laws that hold the perpetrators of hate speech
and anti-peace groups accountable," he added.
The conflict has killed tens of thousands of people and displaced
millions of others while dividing communities along ethnic lines.
A peace deal signed in 2015 between South Sudan’s warring factions
failed to end the violence, which has flared in recent months.
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18 June 07:54, by Newsudan
where are those of midiit,jubaone and the rest,who have been
singing Dinka this,Dinka that. tribal hatred cannot resolved our
differences but dialogue
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18 June 08:05, by Eastern
Do you think this will end the attack on the dinka whose
primary aim is subjugating the other South Sudanese. Do you think the
hate against dinkas is without bases? What happened between the dinka
and the luo, dinka and the Equatorian, dinka and shilluk, dinka and
Nuer in Juba? You need to change for there to be no hate. Remember if
you stifle hate on line; hate will manifest through another mediu
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18 June 12:09, by Joyuma John
Dear Jubaone/ miitdit etc,
You have caused a lot of harm on this website to Dinka
then what Dinka caused to the nation, I have advised you last time to
make freedom through unity, because you all claim to be freedom
fighters, freeing who? Freeing every body including Dinka, or else
your freedom may sound fake. Don’t keep Dinka to be tolerant to your
good words. Try to kill Dinka phobia in you.
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18 June 11:14, by jubaone
Newsudan,
This about the most stupid Argument I have read from this
bogus so-called academic. He tries to put the cart b4 the donkey.
Jienge greed and arrogance is responsible for all these mess. "We
liberated the SS and are born to rule" are these not hate statements?
Was it not the jienges who said once done with Nuers, they would turn
to Equatorians?
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18 June 11:18, by jubaone
Jienges cant hold the rest as idiots while they continue
to rape, kill and loot and expect the rest to talk about "love and
unity". Bullshit. Jienges have realized, oh shit! the rest are
striking back and are now panicking. Jienge hate speech has been done
in houses, villages and after that hey then organized to massacre
Nuers, Equatorians and Collos. They didnt go online, so what the fuck?
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18 June 12:12, by Newsudan
Jubaone
I don’t see any other solution apart from dialogue.
becos,war is affecting all of us.
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18 June 13:49, by Garang Akeen Tong
Jubaone
We dinkas, proud of being liberators and born to rule,
right? And accept ever tribes, both who were partipated and none.
Wellcome them to share this cake.
What gona wrong with you?
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18 June 19:38, by Midit Mitot
Newsudan,
Where are those of Makuei Lueth/Kacha, Kuol Manyang etc who
were taught South Sudanese youths to air-out the hate speeches? social
Media comments are not the problem, try to change your tribal speeches
first then the rest will leave it too.
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18 June 08:22, by Newsudan
Eastern
let me tell the truth. majority of Dinka are suffering under Kiir
regime.in fact thousands flee to Sudan, but some rebels killed
innocent Dinka’s who are sometimes don’t support Kiir.you are pushing
Dinka to depends the themselves not because of Kiir but becos of
rebels ethnic undertone, do you see the way the likes of Jubaone
preach against Dinka,
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18 June 08:28, by Eastern
Newsudan,
How many dinkas now fleeing to Sudan from Aweil and Warrap
have criticised Kiir? What we hear routinely is a boost by the JCE to
Kiir’s inept leadership. How many times have we heard the dinka people
coming out to denouce JCE when they meddle in national issues? The
dinkas are already defending [not depending] themselves through
Mathiang Anyoors.
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18 June 08:32, by Eastern
Newsudan,
Look in this link how the dinka are already defending [not
depending] themselves from their eastern neighbours....
https://paanluelwel.com/2017/06/17/pangs-of-sorrow/
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18 June 09:16, by Newsudan
Eastern this is senseless war, it is better we talk rather than
tribal finger pointing
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18 June 10:07, by Eastern
Newsudan,
Stop this old song of senseless war, blah, blah. Nobody wants
to killed and nobody kills for the sack of killing. This war has a
rootcause which needs to be addressed once for all. SPLA doesn’t have
a ny space for dessenting opinions that’s how it was formed. Dr.
Garang was know for killing his opponents. This will take time to
change.
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18 June 10:50, by Kuch
Eastern,
Yes, there is a root cause to the current mess in the
country, your Riek Machar staged a coup on the 15/12/2013 in the two
army barracks in Juba to usurp power by force. And when second
misadventure to take power by force was foiled. He ran out of Juba to
country side & waged an all out tribal armed rebellion against an
elected government>>>
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18 June 10:59, by Kuch
The government has been asking you fellows to stop
your aimless armed rebellion & join the national dialogue, but all you
losers often sing is war, tribal government, Jieng council of elders
(JCE), Jieng this & Jieng that for no apparent reason. If the current
government is Dinka dominated then give out the Dinkas in the
government names vs other tribes in the government names>>>
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18 June 11:08, by Kuch
Fellows, the democratic system you fellows often
lecture others about, is all about majority----majority rules fellows,
minorities are not trampled with either, but represented. But you Riek
Machar losers just seem to not know any of what are even fighting for.
We know, the Nuers are fighting for their Ngundeng Biong fantasies or
superstitions. For some Equatorians though, they are fighting
nothing>>>
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18 June 11:16, by Kuch
But to get the Jenges out of their Juba,
little do they know that their Juba is a South Sudan’s capital. Some
of these Equatorians & majority of the Nuers, Murles & Fertits were
the same people used by our arch enemies during our genuine war of
independence. But now the people are the same ones being used by
foreign powers to destabilize our country>>>
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18 June 11:25, by Kuch
And their traitorous acts is not a
surprise to any sound minded South Sudanese who was not born after
2005. These fellows have been asked several times that it is wise to
set a precedent of getting power by force but through elections. But
they are not listening. Their Salva Muir has not even over stated in
power, elections are yet to be done. They are the same people delaying
the process of going to elections because of their unrealistic>>>
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18 June 11:34, by Kuch
demands that they can fight the
current government of power by force something that is unlikely going
to happen. And if at all their dreams of fighting the current
government of power by force were to come true. And the current took
up arms & fight the New government to get their power back by force
like they did? I think, the new government would not last a month in
power to be honest. Riek Machar & his losers don’t factor into their
psychies this simple fact>>>>
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18 June 11:49, by Kuch
The only way out of this is
national dialogue to stem out our thorny issues, find solutions to
avoid their recurrent in in future, amend our constitution & make our
solid national financial & land regulatory laws that must be respected
by us & whoever that wants to do business with us. So Mr. Eastern,
some of who always push for war to regime change the current
government seem to be not real South Sudanese, but foreign trolls that
just want the South Sudanese>>>
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18 June 11:58, by Kuch
to kill themselves & destroy
their country. That is our enemies want anyway no doubt about it. But
we will keep informing our lowly informed Riek Machar followers that
they are being used by foreign forces & enemies as their pawns/proxies
& their Machar & others are being used by the same foreign forces &
enemies as their puppets/stooges for their own ends. Remember fellows
what the cloned arabs of North Sudan used to tell us>>>
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18 June 12:11, by Kuch
"actual ahbid bel ahbid
(kill a slave with with a slave" "actul adu bel adu (kill an enemy
with an enemy" Fellows, just look at how Libya, Syria, Afghanistan,
Iraq or Ukraine are now. The hyenas that destroyed those are here in
our country & they are salivating to take over our oil fields like
they have done in Libya, Syria, Iraq or Afghanistan. They are using
the likes of Riek Machar to bid for their take over our oil fields
fellows. Open your damn eyes & minds fellows>>>
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18 June 12:34, by Eastern
Kuch,
So you are still stuck
in that narative of coup which only existed in the minds of and
cohorts? There was no coup but Kiir wanting to dominate everything
within the SPLM. Folks, whether you like it or not, Dr. Machar is a
South Sudanese politician with a significant constituent....
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18 June 12:17, by Newsudan
Kuch
These are Riek anti peace group/warmongers
misinterpreting Ngundeng,prophecies are not implemented but should
occurred without being directed
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18 June 10:38, by Newsudan
Eastern
killing is not only way of settling disputes,what about dialogue,
then election later if u don’t wants Kiir,
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18 June 12:57, by Eastern
Newsudan,
How many Mathiang Anyoors who are responsible for displacing
the entire population of Equatoria have access to the internet like
you have? The dinkas forced this approach from their culture on all
South Sudanese as a means of settling disputes. In dinka culture, if
you kill or elope with a girl, you ahve to be killed and that’s why
dinka land is VERY PEACEFUL!!
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18 June 13:48, by Newsudan
Eastern
Ajongo Mawut the new chief of defence will transformed
SPLA to be professional army.so that these cases of rape or looting
stop,that will make army loyal to a country not individuals. this is
how other countries in the world move forward, not army remote control
by politicians, then we cannot move forward with this mentality of
tribal army loyality misused all the time by our politicians.
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18 June 14:58, by pabaak
NewSudan
NewSudan
Me too I am not a big fan of this government but one thing
important is peaceful transition of power whereby people appreciate
you and remember your legacy whether is good or bad but what’s bad is
when you ousted like Libyan President AlGadafy is what bad in
politics. But what I know about people talking against the government
and they are not talking of peaceful transition of
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18 June 15:14, by pabaak
Of power mean they are adding more oil to fire instead for
peaceful means so the country can be ready to peaceful transition of
power by conducting election and someone trusted will come to serve
the nation. But what these people makings noise here against
government are not for peaceful transition of power through election
either. Some body like Riek Machar know he can not win the election
nor
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18 June 15:30, by pabaak
He can not the win war.and because he is some body
like so much to lead no matter what he has to insist to continue in
the wrong pass making people surfer as results of his greedy pursuit
of power. If is Riek greedy South Sudan could have now become powerful
country in Africa.because since 91 New Sudan could have long time been
achieved.
Even 2013 onward South Sudan could have achieved self relian
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18 June 15:45, by pabaak
In term of development but because of Riek he look
for any opportunity to shut down any window to elevated people lives
sss now the sector could have boom up but when his greedy come in 2013
he started by shutting down the only oil refinery that was about to
help in country development. So if people still looking Riek as some
body can bring better government then there must be something wrong
with
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18 June 15:56, by pabaak
With them they suppose to look to groom
somebody else instead. The history is not in his favor. I know must of
NGOS always site with him but this reality can be change by anyone.
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18 June 15:23, by Newsudan
Pabaak
Jubaone should learn from midiit who have been dancing
around Machar since 2013 until he see his boss get his ass lock up in
south Africa.
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18 June 16:18, by pabaak
NewSudan
Those JubaOne or the like these are given much weigh
because they either out of context or might have hangover from drugs
or all materials distort the mind. People here to talk about the
country and how to fix these problems but the talking about jiengs
elders council. Dinka, they’re so backwardness and one Wonder how do
they think they live here in S. Sudan without Dinka? I don’t count t
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18 June 11:16, by jur_likang_a_ likan’g
Mr Yakani Edmund,
Please do not condone impunity. Neither should you support
injustice if you are really for law and order. Do you want to lock out
news about the suffering of our people under Jieng Council of Elders?
Mind you if law and order was strictly followed and institutional
changes were made to reflect the composition of all South Sudanese
communities, nothing would have happened.
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18 June 14:27, by jubaone
Yakani of CEPO must be careful how he conducts himself. Where
was he or this jienge academic, when Jienges would grab our lands and
tell us to give each a bucket of blood if we wanted them back? Where
we they, when SPLAnyor raped and killed without mercy. Where were they
went jienges have systematically looted the country as it only
belonged to them? No we have tolerated this jienge nonsense 4 2 l
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18 June 14:46, by jubaone
For me Yakani seems like a "political sadist" and bigot.
These are the type of Equatorians that have bent down to low and have
become submissive like lapdogs. He must criticize bis jienge boses for
having brought SS to this point. Perhaps such sadists have enjoyed
seeing our sisters raped by these bastards and still smiled.
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18 June 16:29, by Lango2010
Jurlikang and Jubaone... etc if think anybody saying the truth
is the government and supporting Kiir you are mistaken. Most of the
problems we have in South Sudan are due to incitement and tribalism.
There is only one solution to us to get rid of Kiir or Machar and that
is through election a part from that it is impossible.
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18 June 16:35, by Lango2010
Because we are the one suffering from our ignorance,
Equatoria region was peaceful but they were incited by Riak in 2015
and 2016 now we have seen the outcome. Wau in 2016 and the rest of the
state will be like that. But if we united ourselves as South Sudanese,
we avert the situation and peace will reign among us.
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18 June 18:30, by jubaone
Lango2010,
Oh yes Equatoria was peaceful till Riak came. How
stupid do you think we Equatorians are? Must someone come and tell us
federalism is bad only bcos your are scared? Were our women incited
that they got raped, our people displaced? Pls keep your nonsense to
yourself. If you are a Jienge hirelings, then join Kiirminal and let
others do the job.
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18 June 18:41, by jubaone
Lango2010,
If you’re an Equatorian, then you better review your
manhood and ask yourself what you could do when you see you sister or
mother raped by jienge SPLAnyor. That I think is the unity you are
looking for. No wake up. You don’t wait. Take a gun or spear and split
him up and castrate him. That is manhood. Not this bogus submissive
attitude. Our tolerated is cowardice to these savages.
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18 June 11:49, by Juliet
The word spoken on social medias aren,t the main anti peace but
the grouping of different tribes at any point to incite tribal agenda
is the main problem. The literacy is not 30% in south sudan. The main
challenge of our unity lie with ethnic politicians and their grouping
in any place to incite hate speech
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18 June 12:35, by Theone
Juliet
It is all combination.
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18 June 11:57, by Theone
The problem with these tribalists is that they are cowards.
They never went to war. We used to pick them up in in refugees
camps and they always escape back.
Now most of them live abroad with western welfare because they are lazy too.
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18 June 13:45, by pabaak
Some people become addicted to hate speech or or is their source
of income how you’re going to stop them from their source of living?
Some people say that what bring us together are more than what divide
us but when people have so appetite for to incitement against others
then you will ultimately know that this is not normal thing
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18 June 14:02, by pabaak
Anyway those who like this so much led them continue practice
it but they know your words can kill you too,its become another battle
ground so you afraid to faced some one on face you resort to this kind
of war using internet and social media. But what I know this wars are
winnable in the run. Remember President now Sudan Am Bachiir durning
the war had said he finish jieng beginning from Dinka
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18 June 14:18, by pabaak
Corrections
These wars are not winnable
AlBachiir has said to finish Dinka beginning from Dinka
Cirun to Dinka Cibaak. But those words and determination has become in
real those people who have Will and determination in the long run they
will find themselves like a barking dog whilst the the Camel is
marching. Some might be out of self control especially those living in
places where drugs and all
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18 June 14:27, by pabaak
Kind of materials led to distortion of mind we also
have to account these people who are in constant in hate speech as
people who are under influence of drugs and the like
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18 June 18:42, by Garang Akeen Tong
Pabaak
Thanks you bro, serious warning, let those have
ear hear, and deaf continues.
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18 June 23:36, by Dak tak
This academician is out of his mind, it wasn’t hate speech that
killed unarmed civilians in Juba, and it isn’t hate speech that
continue to displace south sudanese neither was it hate speech that
sign an agreement with reservations, all these are the issues that
incite war all the current incompetent leadership is the cause of all
these messings. Malaak ayuen and Makuei Lueth are examples of hate_
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18 June 23:45, by Dak tak
The duo are examples of hate speech and their tongues only release
what incite violent. Remember hate speech was over when the agreement
was signed to only reappeared when the current tribal government
abrogated it with the intension to kill the first vice president and
the subsequent collapse of the agreement.don’t tell me about Taban and
Kiir drama used to fool the world. No peace, but war now.
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19 June 06:40, by Eastern
Dak tak,
Well observed and stated.....
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19 June 07:04, by jubaone
Dak tak,
Blood4blood, eye4eye and tooth4tooth. You said it.
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