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The video shows Salva Kiir (71) standing on a podium during an official ceremony, surrounded by military officers and top leaders. While the national anthem is played, a dark stain becomes increasingly visible along his trouser leg. Little by little, it arouses attention among those around him. The video was never broadcast on state television, but was nevertheless circulated on social media. The security service has now arrested six people who work for the TV channel, says the president of the South Sudanese journalists’ association, Patrick Oyet, to Reuters. Salva Kiir has been president since South Sudan became an independent country in 2011. Photo: Brian Inganga / AP Oyet has named them as camera operators Oliver and Mustafa Osman, video editor Victor Lado, contributor Jacob Benjamin, and Cherbek Ruben and Joval Toombe from the control room. Both South Sudan’s journalists’ association and the international journalists’ organization Committee for the Protection of Journalists (CPJ) demand that the journalists be released. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) ranked South Sudan as number 128 in the world in the press freedom index, based on figures from 2022. They write that “press freedom is extremely vulnerable in South Sudan, where journalists work under constant threats and intimidation, and censorship always present”. I think they have been in custody for too long Oyet says that says that his organization became worried when the journalists had been in custody for more than 24 hours. According to South Sudanese law, suspects can only be detained for one day before being brought before the court. The incident fits into a pattern of “accidental arrests” among security personnel when politicians in the country are portrayed badly in the press, according to CPJ. Korkje, the journalists’ employer, the security service in South Sudan or Kiir’s office have commented on the arrests. Kiir has been president of South Sudan since the country became independent in 2011. The planned presidential election was recently postponed again, this time until the end of 2024. Top leaders in the country have repeatedly denied rumors on social media that Kiir has health problems .



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