On January 3, agents from South Sudan’s National Security Service arrested six journalists from the country’s state broadcaster, the SSBC, who broadcast a video of an “incident” involving President Salva Kiir. It is reported by an international non-governmental organization headquartered in New York. Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) with reference to media and sources.
In December, South Sudanese President Salva Kiir i was mad at myself While the National Anthem is being sung at the opening ceremony of the highway in one of the cities of the country. A video of the incident was posted on Twitter by Kivu News 24.
Journalists are under investigation for allegedly leaking video clips. At the same time, an SSBC representative reported that the company did not publish these frames.
According to CPJ, the detainees are control room manager Joval Tombe, cameraman and technician Victor Lado, cameraman Joseph Oliver and Jacob Benjamin, cameraman and technician Mustafa Osman and control room technician Cherbek Ruben.
The Committee to Protect Journalists has called for the release of all detainees and their reinstatement “without further intimidation or threats of arrest”.