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Africa-Press – South-Sudan. <\/strong><\/span>Another activist in Unity State who is hiding from state security operatives has urged the national and state governments to respect and uphold freedom of expression, saying he has fled into hiding because he is being hunted down for urging President Slava Kiir to remove Governor Joseph Manytuil.<\/p>\n

Elijah Luk, an activist who sought to organize peaceful protest against governor Joseph Manytuil and presidential security advisor Tut Gatluak said Governor Manytuil\u2019s security operatives have been hunting for him in Juba with an intention to transport him to Unity State and possible harm him.<\/p>\n

\u201cCurrently I am hiding from the government of Unity State because the Unity State coordination office in Juba has deployed security operatives against me in order to transport me to Bentiu and harm me there just because I have exercised my right to freedom of speech,\u201d Luk told Sudans Post on Sunday from an undisclosed location.<\/p>\n

He urged the government in Juba to coerce the state government to respect citizen\u2019s right to freedom of expression which he said is provided for in article 24 of transitional constitution 2011 as amended.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe government has to give freedom of expression to his citizens in order to exercise constitutional and democratic power of the people of South Sudan without subject to death or denial of people\u2019s right to freedom of speech,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe also urge the state government to respect the citizens right of expression as stated in the transitional constitution\u2019s article 24,\u201d the activist added.<\/p>\n

The activist said he is the leader of protest organizers including activist Kalany Bolies Kueth who is also in hiding in Bentiu after state security operatives breached the Bentiu IDP camp in collaboration with the joint police force mandated to protect the camp after the departure of the UNMISS peacekeepers.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am their leader in Juba and those arrested people are my team in Bentiu, they were arrested after they failed to get me and my colleagues Kalany Bolies,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – South-Sudan. Another activist in Unity State who is hiding from state security operatives has urged the national and state governments to respect and uphold freedom of expression, saying he has fled into hiding because he is being hunted down for urging President Slava Kiir to remove Governor Joseph Manytuil. 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