The UN has urged South Sudan's president to return the National Security Service Bill to legislators to align it with the country's human rights obligations due to it entrenching arbitrary detention.
Geneva — The UN has urged South Sudan 's president to return the National Security Service Bill to legislators to align it with the country's human rights obligations due to it entrenching arbitrary detention.
"The Bill should be returned to legislators to work on amendments that align with the government's commitment to scrap this institution's arrest powers, which are systematically abused and unlawful." The commission said that over the past week, civil society leaders critical of government policies have been pursued and threatened with detention or worse.
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