Urgent Action Update: Activist Arbitrarily Detained (South Sudan: UA 147.18)

Bashir Ahmed Mohamed Babiker, a member of the South Sudanese civil society, was arrested by the National Security Service (NSS) in Yambio on Wednesday 8 August. He is being held at a NSS detention centre in Yambio. No charges have been brought against him and he has not had access to a lawyer.  

1) TAKE ACTION
Write a letter, send an email, call, fax or tweet:

• Calling on South Sudanese authorities to immediately release Bashir Ahmed Mohamed Babiker, or charge him with a recognizable criminal offence;
• Calling on South Sudanese authorities to ensure that Bashir Ahmed Mohamed Babiker is not subjected to torture or other ill-treatment while in detention;
• Calling on South Sudanese authorities to ensure Bashir Ahmed Mohamed Babiker is granted regular access to his family, any healthcare he may require from a qualified medical practitioner and a lawyer of his choice.

Contact these two officials by 8 October, 2018:
President of the Republic of South Sudan
Salva Kiir Mayardit
Twitter: @RepSouthSudan
Salutation: Dear President

Ambassador Garang Diing Akuong
Embassy of the Republic of South Sudan
1015 31st Street NW Suite 300, Washington, DC 20007
Phone: 202 293 7940 I Fax: 202 293 7941
Email: [email protected]@gmail.com
Contact form: http://www.southsudanembassyusa.org/contact/
Salutation: Dear Ambassador

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