{"id":47402,"date":"2023-11-13T15:17:05","date_gmt":"2023-11-13T15:17:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/south-sudan-opposition-leader-demands-security-guarantees-for-return"},"modified":"2023-11-13T15:27:20","modified_gmt":"2023-11-13T15:27:20","slug":"south-sudan-opposition-leader-demands-security-guarantees-for-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/south-sudan-opposition-leader-demands-security-guarantees-for-return","title":{"rendered":"South Sudan opposition leader demands security guarantees for return"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Sudan. <\/strong><\/span>Biar, currently residing in the United States, expressed deep concerns about his safety in an interview with Sudans Post on Sunday. He cited past detentions, threats, and the deaths of his acquaintances as reasons for his apprehension.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not coming without guarantees,\u201d Biar stated firmly. \u201cThis is someone who has detained me for two years and killed my friends, those of Kerbino. I narrowly escaped, and this is why I\u2019m now in the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biar urged Kiir to publicly declare an amnesty to demonstrate his commitment to ensuring his safety. He also disclosed an ongoing civil suit against him in Nairobi, Kenya, which remains unresolved despite his apology over the KTN interview.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf he genuinely wants to show that he harbors no ill intentions against me, let him issue a public amnesty. Let him go on record and issue a public amnesty. Why is that so difficult for him to do?\u201d Biar questioned.<\/p>\n<p>He further asserted that Kiir has rejected his request for a meeting during the president\u2019s recent visit to the United States. \u201cHe refused,\u201d Biar added.<\/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. Biar, currently residing in the United States, expressed deep concerns about his safety in an interview with Sudans Post on Sunday. He cited past detentions, threats, and the deaths of his acquaintances as reasons for his apprehension. \u201cI\u2019m not coming without guarantees,\u201d Biar stated firmly. \u201cThis is someone who has detained me [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":47401,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[234,265,233],"class_list":["post-47402","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>South Sudan opposition leader demands security guarantees for return - South Sudan<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Biar, currently residing in the United States, expressed deep concerns about his safety in an interview with Sudans Post ...\" \/>\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\/south-sudan-opposition-leader-demands-security-guarantees-for-return\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"South Sudan opposition leader demands security guarantees for return\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Biar, currently residing in the United States, expressed deep concerns about his safety in an interview with Sudans Post ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/south-sudan-opposition-leader-demands-security-guarantees-for-return\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"South Sudan\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-11-13T15:17:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-11-13T15:27:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2023\/11\/sm_1699876541.022476.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1536\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"865\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/south-sudan-opposition-leader-demands-security-guarantees-for-return#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/south-sudan-opposition-leader-demands-security-guarantees-for-return\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"South Sudan opposition leader demands security guarantees for return\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-11-13T15:17:05+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-11-13T15:27:20+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/south-sudan-opposition-leader-demands-security-guarantees-for-return\"},\"wordCount\":203,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/south-sudan-opposition-leader-demands-security-guarantees-for-return#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2023\/11\/sm_1699876541.022476.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-South-Sudan\",\"South-Sudan\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/south-sudan-opposition-leader-demands-security-guarantees-for-return#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/south-sudan-opposition-leader-demands-security-guarantees-for-return\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/south-sudan-opposition-leader-demands-security-guarantees-for-return\",\"name\":\"South Sudan opposition leader demands security guarantees for return - 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