South Sudanese Refugee Goes Missing in Kenya - Human Rights Watch hrw: EastAfrica SouthSudan Kenya
A relative said that on February 4, 2023, armed men, reportedly wearing Kenyan police uniforms, abducted Morris Mabior Awikjok Bak from his home in Nairobi and beat up his wife., reported that Bak had been"extradited to Juba to face charges" for abusing government officials, citing sources in South Sudan'sEfforts by family members in Kenya and South Sudan to find Bak have failed. Both governments have remained silent on the matter.
Bak, a former oil company employee and father of 22 children, fled South Sudan for Kenya in April 2021. He had reportedly been receiving threats from officials and leaders from his home area of Tonj, in Warrap state, whom he criticized. When he went missing in Nairobi, he was a refugee registered with Kenya's Department of Refugee Affairs.
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