Free all politicians and civilians being unjustly held in South Sudan's prisons without trials. This is the way forward to accomplish the reconciliation. Unsurprisingly since the SPLM come to power its attitudes have been that of killing and imprisoning those who resist and oppose its corrupt policies. SPLM's intolerance to political rivals and opponents including the continuous attempts to disable and disband these political parties and civil societies has been a prominent feature of it existence.
This season marks three years of the anniversary of the mass murder of the civilian in South Sudan. President Salva Kiir then the immoral leader of the SPLM had personally ordered the murder of those civilians, most of whom were activists and supporters of the SPlM-DC, and many others from other political parties. Members of the civic society organizations, who insisted on none political activity were not spared any of these mistreatments and extrajudiciarly killings.
As a result of this bloody regime tens of thousands of the civilians were killed all over the all ten states of South Sudan, but particularly so in Upper Nile, Jonglei, and Western Bahr El Ghazal state with the Wau massacre of civilian demonstrators being the most recent.
The political crisis that started before and following the fraudulent 2010 general elections represents the angry and true reaction of the people that developed as a response to the many years of oppression, deprivation and repression by a SLPM government and its malicious policies as it mercilessly persecutes opposition parties' leaders and many others from the different sections of the oppressed people.
Since then South Sudan has been a battlefield between the people and the ruling power. And as the people's struggle intensifies the government's brutality and desperation escalates to its highest point. There are undeniable evidences of the harshest torture being used against those who were arrested since the conflict started.
There is also undeniable evidence of those who were shot randomly in broad daylight and night. There are those who died in the prisons as a result of torture. Those young women and men who were raped by the interrogators and other thugs in the medieval prisons of the SPLM government will remain a dark page in the records of this inhumane SPLM leadership and its blood thirsty killing squads.
Then SPLM government has recently intensified its brutality against almost everybody even including the university students. Throughout the last few academic years students live under constant fears and intense pressures.
Up till today the universities are repeatedly being invaded by the security forces, (so called president protection unit guards), and many others of the regime's thugs. Students are beaten, arrested, imprisoned and tortured. Others have been imprisoned for a very long time for refusing to give in to this reactionary and unpopular dictatorial regime. This has deprived them from continuing with their study.
Certain tribes were the first to be targeted when the SPLM regime came to power. The regime and its puppets impose their policies (the SPLM manifesto) on the people and practice other forms of discrimination against those perceived to be opposition supporters. This unbearable situation has continued and have been one of the daily tasks of the government's thugs over the last 7years.
Nonetheless over the period the People have maintained their struggle and their hatred for this system has even increased and accumulated awaiting the time to explode. It is no surprise that we saw such a large number of furious protesters in Western Bahr El Ghazal before and after the Wau Massacre!
Recent reports indicate that the regime has intensified its policy of extra-judicial killings. Politicians and civilians who are not in support of SPLM policies are open to arrests and torture. The WAU massacre shocked the country and even the region. its now everybody's knowledge that there are many others in a secret death row, among them is the brilliant and courageous Leader and the next South South's President, Dr Lam Akol Ajawin!
Dr. Lam Akol is being accused of being a member of the Shilluk-land Defense Force allegedly led by General commander Johnson Olany. This allegation is bias and untrue. And our other brave Leader Peter Abdul Rahman Sule is being held incommunicado, accused of leading a non existing Equatoria-land Defense Force and it's a false allegation as well. The accusation against Peter Abdul Rahaman Sule and Dr. Lam Akol Ajawin, were not dropped and they are still under the threat of being killed by the SPLM any time.
The UN Human Rights Commission is fully aware of all the above developments and are surely conducting their own investigation, and very soon they will use the Junglei State's "Pibor Massacre" , the Upper Nile's "Makalal Massacre", and the Western Bahr El Ghazal's "Wau Massacre" and others as cases to put pressure on the SPLM leaders and possibly issue arrest warrants for their trials by the ICC in Netherlands – The Hague!
This does not mean that the UN Human Rights Commission is supporting the SPLM-DC, or the UDF or the USSP or any other opposition political party or figures. It is the silence of the UN Commission during those years that let the SPLM, to build its power by killing tens of thousands of people, oppressing the opposition and minority groups. Now things must change and criminals whether individuals or governments, must and will face justices.
What is really needed at this time is that people should stop supporting this regime if the government is not going to resolve the following issues: (a) talk with the opposition leaders and (b) address the lands issues, before their so-called reconciliation in South Sudan.
Nevertheless, we must continue our call for regime change and we should alert the international community that there is a silent genocide going on in South Sudan. Who can deny that there are still hundreds of people from the opposition and the other activists who to date continue to languish and undergo savage tortures in the dark prisons of the SPLM, while their family members have no news from them. These are people likely to be killed any time as they constantly live under threats of elimination.
This is a call to all freedom loving people, all those disgusted by the discrimination against human beings by fellow human beings, all those outraged by these brutalities to give their support to the people's struggle for freedom and equality and join the struggle to free the civilians and politicians in prisons in South Sudan.
Written by : Akic Adwok Lwaldeng, you can reach him at :
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