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Urgent Action Update: Two Men Still Missing One Year Later (South Sudan: UA 29.17)

January 22, 2018

Dong Samuel Luak and Aggrey IdriĀ disappeared in Kenya and taken to a prison facility at the National Security Service (NSS) headquarters in Juba, South Sudan on 25 January 2017, around midday. They were then removed from this facility on 27 January 2017. Their current fate and whereabouts are unknown.

Dong Samuel Luak and Aggrey IdriĀ (*pictured*) disappeared in Kenya and were taken to a prison facility at the National Security Service (NSS) headquarters in Juba, South Sudan on 25 January 2017, around midday. They were then removed from this facility on 27 January 2017. Their current fate and whereabouts are unknown. 1) TAKE ACTION Write a letter, send an email, call, fax or tweet:
  • Urging the South Sudanese authorities to immediately disclose the fate and whereabouts of Dong Samuel Luak and Aggrey Idri, make public the reasons for their continued detention if they are in custody and, unless a legal basis for continued detention can be demonstrated, release them without delay;
  • Urging them to ensure that Dong Samuel Luak and Aggrey Idri are not subjected to torture and other ill-treatment while in detention;
  • Urging them to grant Dong Samuel Luak and Aggrey Idri access to adequate medical care, access to lawyers of their own choosing, and also allow visits from their families;
  • Urging the Government of Kenya to carry out thorough, impartial and effective investigations into the enforced disappearance of Dong Samuel Luak and Aggrey Idri and ensure those responsible are held to account.

Contact these two officials by 5 March, 2018:

President of the Republic of South Sudan Salva Kiir Mayardit Twitter: @RepSouthSudan Salutation: Your Excellency

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] Contact form: https://goo.gl/mLhLxx Facebook: https://goo.gl/S4xQtP Salutation: Dear Ambassador

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