{"id":28817,"date":"2022-12-12T16:42:04","date_gmt":"2022-12-12T16:42:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/kuel-aguer-i-will-keep-fighting-for-freedom-and-democracy"},"modified":"2022-12-12T16:42:04","modified_gmt":"2022-12-12T16:42:04","slug":"kuel-aguer-i-will-keep-fighting-for-freedom-and-democracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/kuel-aguer-i-will-keep-fighting-for-freedom-and-democracy","title":{"rendered":"Kuel Aguer: I will keep fighting for freedom and democracy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Sudan. <\/strong><\/span>Freed former Governor of Northern Bahr el Gazal State has vowed to continue \u201cfighting for peace, freedom and democracy\u201d, after he was cleared of all charges on Friday, December 9.<\/p>\n<p>In a speech to the press upon his release, Kuel Aguer Kuel said he will continue to exercise his citizenry rights, as provided in article 46 of the 2011 transitional constitution.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s duty of any citizen of South Sudan to raise his voice according to article 46 the transitional constitution. I have the responsibility to fight for freedom peace democracy and unity,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is what I am calling for. I shall continue to call for justice and equality. We liberated South Sudan, so that no one is a second-class citizen, and nobody is a follower.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Aguer was arrested on August 3rd, 2021 after he signed a document linked to the online protest movement \u2013 the People\u2019s Coalition for Civil Action.<\/p>\n<p>He was accused along with six others including activists Wani Michael, Jame David Kolok, Rajab Mohandis, Manasseh Mathiang, Daniel Makau, and Abraham Awolich. Most of them have since fled the country.<\/p>\n<p>A special court in Juba started the trial of Aguer in early October 2022.<\/p>\n<p>He was indicted on charges of subverting constitutional government, attempting to overthrow the government by unconstitutional mean and causing disaffection among security forces.<\/p>\n<p>After two months of trial sessions, Kuel Aguer was finally released from prison on Friday, after the court had his case dismissed due to lack of evidence.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing the media outside a courtroom in Juba, he reiterated his innocence and thanked the court for \u201cacting with integrity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will appreciate the judiciary continuing with this spirit because if people try to oppress others the law must prevail.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Aguer appealed to the government to prioritize the welfare of its citizens.<\/p>\n<p>The special court panel is presided by Judge, Samaya Mohamed Saleh.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\">South-Sudan<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Sudan. Freed former Governor of Northern Bahr el Gazal State has vowed to continue \u201cfighting for peace, freedom and democracy\u201d, after he was cleared of all charges on Friday, December 9. In a speech to the press upon his release, Kuel Aguer Kuel said he will continue to exercise his citizenry rights, as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":28816,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[234,265,233],"class_list":["post-28817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-south-sudan","tag-south-sudan"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Kuel Aguer: I will keep fighting for freedom and democracy - South Sudan<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/kuel-aguer-i-will-keep-fighting-for-freedom-and-democracy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kuel Aguer: I will keep fighting for freedom and democracy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa-Press &#8211; South-Sudan. 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