South Sudan security agents order Juba Monitor shut down

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The National Security Services have ordered the shutdown of the independent daily Juba Monitor newspaper for the reason that the paper has published two articles that described the conflict in South Sudan as Dinka-Nuer conflict or in other words as ethnic conflict. CEPO in strong terms condemned the arbitrary act by the National Security Services of warning the Juba Monitor newspaper leadership for possible shut down of the newspaper. Addressing the offence committed by media or journalist should not be by arbitrary decision. Shutting down a newspaper by an order that is not in competent court of law is absolute violation of the South Sudan Transitional Constitution articles 23, 42 and contradiction of the media law, 2013.

Mr. Edmund Yakani, Executive Director of CEPO said, CEPO is seriously concern about the increase in suppression of the freedom of expression by the security services authorities in January, 2015. CEPO have registered three cases of human rights violation against media and journalists as follow; 01.01.2015: Maridi Community Radio FM Manager Detained and Released. 13.1.2015: Detained UN journalist denied legal aid by South Sudan security and 16.01.2015: Independent daily Juba Monitor newspaper warned to be shut down all by National Security Services apart from three other cases undergoing verification. South Sudan is faced with a lot of political issues that requires the citizens to express themselves in order to again or build trust and confidence among themselves for the sake of peaceful co-existence. The state agents upholding freedom of expression at this comment in South Sudan is paramount. Expression of freedom is a fundamental freedom that safeguards the other freedoms and rights. Arbitrarily limitation or expurgating of it is an absolute denial of democracy growth. Society remind ignore and violent when freedom of expression is control or restricted arbitrarily. Mr. Yakani stressed. Therefore CEPO is urging our National security Services to abolish taking arbitrarily decision against the media and journalists. The application of the existing laws of South Sudan against any suspected offence committed by media or journalists is the only key. CEPO is calling upon the national parliament after their recess to address this challenge which media and journalist are facing in South Sudan.  

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