Six journalists arrested in South Sudan after spreading a viral video of the president peeing himself in an act
Six journalists have been arrested in South Sudan after posting a video showing President Salva Kiir urinating at an official ceremony, reported the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), which is demanding their release.
The public television journalists were arrested Tuesday by National Security Service agents, New York-based CPJ said in a statement issued late Friday.
According to the organization, which cites local media and other sources close to the case, the reporters are the subject of an investigation after the dissemination of a video, which went viral on social networks in December, showing the 71-year-old head of state urinating on himself. in an official ceremony.
The sector calls for the release of journalists and for them to be able to work without intimidation or threats
These arrests are "a tendency for security forces to resort to arbitrary detention when officials believe media coverage is unfavorable," said CPJ Sub-Saharan Africa representative Muthoko Mumo.
"The authorities should unconditionally release journalists and ensure they can work without being intimidated or threatened with arrest," he added. The South Sudan Journalists Union also called for an "expeditious end" to investigations into the six journalists, who are suspected of "having knowledge of the 'precise sequence' of the video being released to the public." "If there has been professional misconduct or infraction," the authorities must "treat it fairly, transparently and in accordance with the law," he continued in a statement.
Kiir has been the president of South Sudan since 2011, after his country voted for the independence of the north
In the images, which circulated last December, Kiir sported his signature black hat, a look he adopted after George W. Bush gifted him such a hat on a visit to the White House in 2006.
Kiir has been the president of South Sudan since 2011, after his country voted for the independence of the north.
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