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| SPLA/SPLM's crimes against humanity in Southern Sudan will not go unanswered |
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9. Forceful recruitment of underage children into their (SPLA) forces
10. Injustice, inhumane treatment, torture, unlawful arrest and detention of people without hearings and denial of access to justice
11. The creation of conditions that make indecent living standards for the people
12. The creation of conditions that bring about lack of health and education services to the people
13. The creation of an environment where people live in fear, without security and protection
14. The creation of circumstances that lead to poverty, contributing to the suffering and death of many people, especially children
15. The denial of freedom of movement, speech, expression, political opinion, and association, peacefully assembly and privacy.
16. The perpetuation of slavery and servitude by forcefully taking civilians to work without pay
The Sudan People’s Liberation Army/The Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLA/SPLM) has indeed destroyed human resources in Southern Sudan by forcefully recruiting under-age school children into combat under abusive living conditions. These forcefully recruited children have no basic rights; many of them die and some are still separated from their parents/ families. Some of those are the ones we refer to as Lost Boys or Lost Girls. When the SPLA/SPLM signed the CPA, most of these children, who are from non-Dinka tribes, were dumped, forgotten by the SPLA/SPLM and left un-rehabilitated. Many are now wandering in Eastern and Southern Africa, mostly in refugee camps, living without hope.
Supposing those children were not conscripted by the SPLA, they might have completed their studies, earning a comfortable life, and would have been instrumental in the socio-economic development of Southern Sudan and Sudan at-large in the post war era. In fact, this is the crux of what I believe to be the destruction of human resources by the SPLA/SPLM. Therefore, SPLA/SPLM must pay for it. Such crimes committed by the SPLA/SPLM against those it claims to have struggled to liberate are an indication that the SPLA/SPLM has no vision, objectives and goals for the Sudanese and therefore, is not a political organization that will serve and save the people of Southern Sudan and Sudan at-large.
To substantiate what I am saying, the SPLA/SPLM has diverted the Government of the South Sudan’s share of the oil Revenue (from the Government of the National Unity in Khartoum) to support individual SPLA/SPLM officers’ families living abroad and to support their political agendas. Sadly, they have forgotten to build Southern Sudan and provide social services needed by the poor Southerners.
As a matter of fact, there are still many south Sudanese in different states:
1. Dying from sickness due to lack of health facilities and medication
2. Surviving without clean water
3. Living without education, security.
Southern Sudan as a whole remains without sufficient infrastructure. Yet, that is what the Southern Sudanese fought for. Right now, there is a regional Government in Southern Sudan, well-structured with executive, legislative and judiciary wings. Unfortunately, this structure of the government of the south Sudan remains a big signpost and is nonfunctional.
The conflicts in Sudan between the North and the South, The West and the North, and the east and the North, are all centered on the poor policies of the Khartoum Government and its failure to recognize and respect the individual and collective rights of other groups of people in Sudan. That is why Sudan, and in particular Southern Sudan, was in civil war for forty nine years, struggling for liberation dignity, which are the foundation of human rights and democracy for mankind.
The hallmark of any good political regime is the realization of and respect for human dignity and freedom, which are the sole purpose of democracy. The SPLA/SPLM regime in Juba has never reflected this. Rather the SPLA/SPLM have demonstrated themselves to be a regime without conscience for its people and is still committing crimes against humanity in the south Sudan.
We all deserve justice as humans, and we need to demonstrate this by bringing justice to all mankind, especially those in other parts of the world, like Southern Sudan. They are victims of individuals who are misusing their power, positions and the resources of the Government of Southern Sudan to commit crimes against humanity. It is for this reason that we should say enough is enough and withdraw our social, political, moral and economic supports from the SPLA/SPLM and the Juba regime. We should take those responsible for these crimes to the Criminal Court of Justice.
We are all created equal in the image of God and with equal rights. Those who violate our individual and collective rights are to be considered criminal regardless of their political, educational, social and economic status. It is for this very cause that courts of justice are instituted in this universe: to bring justices to all mankind.
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sudan
I am a South Sudanese, Lawyer by profession and living in South Africa. I am single man and I love writing factual stories and sharing my opinions with the world. One thing I have learnt from this world is that unless we are taught, we cannot know anything at all.
That is not all that I want to tell about myself. I would also like to say that communication is the key to the transformation and development of any society. Where there is no comunication, there is no development.
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