Updae Dr. Lam Akol House besieged by Government Security Forces plus splm-dc (Canada) Press Release

The house of the SPLM-DC Chairman and Chairman of South Sudan National Alliance, Dr. Lam Akol Ajawin, continues on siege by Government Security Forces in Juba since 23rd April 2015. My contact with him indicates that his situation is still as it was. We continue to be worried indeed; and we call upon the international human rights agencies to intervene to the rescue of Dr. Lam.

We also call upon the United Nations Mission in South Sudan to intervene and ask the Government of South Sudan why this is happening; we appeal to the South Sudan Legislative Assembly to ask for explanation from the Government why the leader of the main opposition party in the Country is arrested without due process of law. We also appeal to the friends of South Sudan to raise their concerns.

We are calling the people of South Sudan to condemn, in the strongest words possible this terrorist scare and intimidating tactics of the Government of South Sudan against its own citizens and political leaders. Meanwhile, the Secretariat General condemns this unlawful act, it also calls upon the entire party membership to keep calm until all the safe legal procedures are exhausted to address and settle the matter.

Let me register my sincere thanks and high regards to BBC, VOA, the SBS Dinka Language Radio in Australia, and all the media outlets which had made interviews with Dr. Lam during all these days; their work had answered the denial of the arrest made by the South Sudan Government minister of information, Mr., Micheal Makuei.

Thank you all.
Deng Bior Deng,
SPLM-DC Secretary General

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Security forces has surrounded the house SPLM-DC leader, Dr. Lam Akol Ajawin in Juba.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

April, 24, 2015

We, members of SPLM-DC party in Canada, would like to inform the people of South Sudan, the media and the World at large that the house of the SPLM-DC leader, Dr. Lam Akol Ajawin, has just been besieged by South Sudan government Security Forces on April 24, 2015 at 2:00 in Juba for unknown reason.

Security forces came with four (4) cars and surround Dr. Lam's house, preventing from get out of his house .This is done against his will, and up to now the government of South Sudan has not come out to explain the motive behind such uncalled for aggression. We are deeply worried about his safety and security.

We consider this to be a hostile act and restriction of Dr. Lam's freedom and movement. This is a flagrant violation of Dr. Lam's rights of freedom and movement grantee to him under Article 27 (1) (2) of South Sudan Constitution, 2011.We condemn such unwarranted restriction, harassment and intimidation of our great leader in a strongest term possible.

We call on South Sudan government to pullout Security forces out of SPLM-DC leader's premises immediately, and allow him to exercise his freedom of movement as grantee to him under Article 27 (1) (2) of South Sudan Interim Constitution, 2011.

We also call on South Sudanese people, international community, in particular, Intergovernmental Agency of Development (IGAD), TROIKA (UK, Norway & US) to come together and condemn such action by South Sudan Security forces in a strongest term possible.

Aldo Lokonyen Ben
Acting Representative of SPLM-DC in Canada