{"id":32914,"date":"2023-03-02T17:55:19","date_gmt":"2023-03-02T17:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/defects-in-security-sector-not-govt-policy-to-abuse-citizens-elia"},"modified":"2023-03-02T18:16:47","modified_gmt":"2023-03-02T18:16:47","slug":"defects-in-security-sector-not-govt-policy-to-abuse-citizens-elia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/defects-in-security-sector-not-govt-policy-to-abuse-citizens-elia","title":{"rendered":"Defects in security sector not govt policy to abuse citizens -Elia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Sudan. <\/strong><\/span>The weaknesses in the country\u2019s security sector should not be interpreted as a government policy to abuse its citizens, Dr. Martin Elia Lomuro the Minister of Cabinet Affairs has said.<\/p>\n<p>The official said the country with the improper security sector is still building institutions from zero.<\/p>\n<p>He was commenting on the yearly reports by the UN Human Rights Council about the continuous human rights violations in the country where violators go unpublished.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Martin Elia described South Sudan as a \u201cnascent\u201d country, which is still establishing itself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis country is nascent, it is a new country, and doesn\u2019t have a properly established security sector that we are still building even the unified force,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe expect certain weaknesses in the system, and those weaknesses should not be construed to be a government policy to abuse its own citizens after a long, long period of liberation,\u201d he added<\/p>\n<p>Last month, the UN Human Rights Council for South Sudan called on the leaders to end attacks on civilians and prioritize peaceful and just transition.<\/p>\n<p>The commission said it for years documented repeated human rights violations and it is still shocked by the sexual violence and continuing attacks against civilians.<\/p>\n<p>It added that extrajudicial killings also continued, implicating senior State officials, who have enjoyed impunity even where the crimes have been caught on camera.<\/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. The weaknesses in the country\u2019s security sector should not be interpreted as a government policy to abuse its citizens, Dr. Martin Elia Lomuro the Minister of Cabinet Affairs has said. The official said the country with the improper security sector is still building institutions from zero. 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