HUMAN RIGHTS IN SOUTH SUDAN
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South Sudan: Renewal of UN Arms Embargo is Key to Protecting Civilians
May 29, 2026
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South Sudan: As Violations Increase, UN Human Rights Council Must Renew Mandate of Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan
February 27, 2026
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South Sudan: Renewal of UN Arms Embargo a Welcome Move to Protect Civilians
June 2, 2025
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Amnesty International Warns of Devastating Consequences as Abrupt U.S. Foreign Aid Cuts Threaten Human Rights Globally
May 29, 2025
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South Sudan: UN Security Council Must Renew and Enforce Arms Embargo to Protect Civilians
May 14, 2025
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East and Southern Africa: Journalists Targeted Amid Ongoing Crackdown on Media
May 3, 2024 | africa press freedom
Report
If you don’t cooperate, I’ll gun you down Conflict-related sexual violence and impunity in South Sudan
May 18, 2022
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Survivors Describe Killings, Mass Displacement and Terror Amid Fighting in Western Equatoria, South Sudan
December 8, 2021 | south sudan; mass displacement; violence by armed groups
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Regional human rights bodies struggle to uphold rights amid political headwinds in Africa
October 20, 2020
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Protect Detainees at Risk of COVID-19 in Sub-Saharan Africa, Unclog Prisons and Release Prisoners of Conscience
April 20, 2020 | at-risk detainees
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Write For Rights: Amnesty International Launches Global Campaign Championing Youth Activists
November 17, 2019 | children’s rights
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Catastrophic failure as civilians ravaged by war violations 70 years after Geneva Conventions
May 22, 2019 | civilian protection