Juba, December 6, 2016 (SSNA) — An American freelance journalist working for the US-based Associated Press (AP) has been forced to leave the country by South Sudan’s National Security’s agents.
Justin Lynch, who has been working in South Sudan since July this year, was picked up by people who identified themselves as “agents” and took him to Juba International Airport and placed him on a plane destined for Ugandan capital, Kampala.
The South Sudan News Agency has been told that Lynch’s deportation is a result of his numerous reports which include recent documented ethnically targeted killings in and around Equatoria region and other part of the country.
South Sudanese Minister of Information Michael Makuei Lueth told AP that he has no knowledge of Lynch deportation.
South Sudan’s government has a history of arresting and torturing journalists, closing newspapers, and other human rights violations.
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This Michael makuei luethra is the master killer of our south Sudan wait your time is coming soon we ask God for all what you have done Santa
You are liar fatima; makuei has nothing did for killing people; ‘ur umcles in bushes are one contributed by suffering and killing innocent
their time will like the time Hitler
They do not know that we in equatorial are very peace lovers but of we loos temper that is it Jieng forgotten the last leason they were tought in in equatoria in 1980’s the history will repeat itself with total separation of equatoria from the rest of south Sudan.
Sabah, you are one of those characters damaging this nation by deeds/words. Hope in 1980s, it never ended like you’ve said. Try and see this time. These dinkas are different from those you claim. Otherwise, watch your mouth and call for peaceful coexistence in lieu.
I would have to blame our government first why the such this people to the country; while are the one destroying the nation
you are right bro
Dear Sabah,
so what if you separated from the rest of South? Jieng is not A Government so and you did nothing to Jieng from that 80s.
Time will tell people should not panic the end result would be showed to those who are not expecting it
jieng wll one time be like u c da Hutu of Rwanda today, time wll tell.
ya foolish Saba, you people need to differentiate between the government and mounyjaag/Dinka as a tribe, your hate against mighty Dinka will not change any thing in south Sudan and if you people think that your rebellion is all about chasing mounyjaang out of equatoria by force, it will not happen what i know is that South Sudan is for all of us as South Sudanese. and if we respond positively to your hate speeches against Dinka you people will run to Uganda like those years when we liberate South Sudan in your absentia
Please Dut you are speaking like stupid man did you think war is the solutions to problems, did you know that Dinka are still in power because of equatorian, do you know how many Dinka’s are now suffering in the refugees camps in Uganda, Kenya and Ethiopia, wait your time will come if you need things to be done by force
This Micheal West is still joking with Equatorian soldiers who started rebelling the government of brutat Arabs, the same will happen to this evil government of JEC؛
The war started in Equatoria in 1955 and it was ended in Equatoria that resulted to the total signing of CPA.
This jec will learn more lesson like what’s happenning in Yei now were some fighters cross to congo last week.
guys all these interventions and hatred among us, can never benefit, and I’m quite sure that we are all sick of that disease called tribalism in south Sudan. I
guys all these interventions and hatred among us, can never benefit, and I’m quite sure that we are all sick of that disease called tribalism in south Sudan.
Akasa Dominic,
December, 07-2016: 10:56 am
This Micheal West is still joking with Equatorian soldiers who started rebelling the government of brutat Arabs, the same will happen to this evil government of JEC؛
The war started in Equatoria in 1955 and it was ended in Equatoria that resulted to the total signing of CPA.
This jec will learn more lesson like what’s happenning in Yei now were some fighters cross to congo last week.
Equatorians are exceptional people, peace loving, hard working people, yes very welcoming. We’re all proud they are our South Sudanese. But whatever grievances are there, no need for an armed or attacked their fellow innocent citizen on the roads.
No an Equatorian was killed in Dinkaland.
Let put blame on foot of the right institution, not SPLA but SPLM for all these messes.
undoubtedly sometime the media webs commentators are the purely primarian and secondarian schools, they don,t know about the importancy of the nation or country , pls don,t sellout yr nation!!!
south Sudan is not belong to Demned jieng it’s for all of 64 tribes of this country south Sudan should be leaded by every leader of its states let me a sure u peoples jieng is not the part of s.Sudan to lead forever u lead ur time is over
For those who are bitting drums of war, be it equatorians or else, the end of it is not promising to you. What had happened in 80s was an administrative division imposed on southerners by arabs in person of Jaafer Nimeri and was not forcible separation done by equatorians. So lets not mix unrelated events. The current hitrate will not lead us to what we fought for. Siuth Sudan is for all and the entire jieng/dinka community beleive in cause and was the reason they never complain when almost all equatoriams refused to join the movement and fight our common enemy. Instead, they form several malitia fronts to fight their own brothers (our gallant SPLA forces from behind. Yet the victory was achieved without you.. meaning the country was liberated from you and your allies. Nobody is saying that because dinkas will forget that as time passes on. But what you are doing right now will remind people of your bad deeds in the past and that will help us to co-exist as brithers and sisters sharing common interest and mutual understanding. We need to recognise that this country belongs to all of us without decrimination based on tribe, religion or geographical location. Lets accept ourself as we are.
They will be going to hel very sooner then later!
Enough for hatred. If we do not stop that, than we’ll remain stucking. So my fellow south sudanese do not blinded by your ego