Category: Legal Matters

Three teenagers accused of robbery in Bor town were found guilty by a High Court on Friday.

John Yel Aleu, the president of the Jonglei High Court, told Radio Tamazuj on Monday that three teenagers aged between 17 and 19 …

KHARTOUM– Sudan’s Prime Minister, Abdalla Hamdok, on Monday (yesterday), survived failed assassination attempt, in the capital Khartoum, Sudan’s official TV reported.

Hamdok said, he was in “good shape” and that what had happened would be “an additional push to the …

The United States condemns in the strongest possible terms today’s attack on Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok’s convoy in Khartoum and offers our condolences to the loved ones of victims killed or injured in the attack. We continue to monitor …

Begins Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Iran

The Human Rights Council this morning held separate interactive dialogues on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and in …

The United Kingdom’s National Crime Agency (NCA) on Friday released a historic, first-ever country-specific Alert aiming to stem the flow of dirty money into the UK, targeting the proceeds of major political and economic corruption in South Sudan.

The Alert …

Will the old broom sweep better tomorrow? Well, an old broom will always remain old and older and sweep worse than yesterday. The transitional government in Sudan seemed to be at jeopardy and dangling between the truth and the reality …

For the past two weeks, intense intercommunal violence in Jonglei and other parts of South Sudan has resulted in deaths, injury, displacement and livelihood loss in highly food insecure areas where people have recently suffered from extensive floods.

5,000 civilians …

Most Recent Report Documents Ongoing Abuses, Lack of Justice

The United Nations Human Rights Council should keep pressure on South Sudan to address ongoing rights abuses and the need for accountability.

Next Monday, the Commission on Human Rights for South …

A disciplinary committee has started investigating the case of Professor Taban Lo Liyong who was suspended from the University of Juba in January, the university's administration has said.

Lo Liyong, a prominent scholar, was suspended by the university's administration until …