South Sudanese Activist, Deng Athuai Mawiir, Reportedly Abducted in Juba

Posted: July 6, 2012 by PaanLuel Wël in Commentary
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Deng Athuai Mawiir leaves Hospital
Sudan Radio Services reports that the South Sudanese activist, Deng Mawiir, who was kidnapped and tortured last week by unknown people, is leaving Juba Teaching hospital today. By PaanLuel Wel.
The Social Activist, Deng Athuai Mawiir, Is Found Alive!
Reports reaching us from Juba, South Sudan, indicate that Deng Athuai, the activist who was recently kidnapped from his hotel room (some version says “on his way to the market”) has been found beaten up along the Bor-Juba highway in a sack. He is currently recuperating in a hospital in Juba. It is not yet known who kidnapped and beat him up. Most people though are already pointing fingers at the government since Deng has been consistently decrying corruption, calling on president Kiir to make public the names of the 75 corrupt top government officials. Whether or not the president’s office knows about, or is involved in, this shameful incident is yet to be established. By PaanLuel Wel.
Deng Athuai is Missing

Family members of Deng Athuai Mawiir, the chairperson of the Civil Society Alliance that has been agitating for the public disclosure of the 75 former and current corrupt government officials identified by President Kiir to have, allegedly, stolen over $4 billion dollars of South Sudan’s funds, are reporting that he is missing from his Nile Beach Hotel. The unconfirmed fear is that he has been abducted from his hotel room by the security and taken to an unknown location. By PaanLuel Wel.

Head of South Sudan Civil Society Alliance missing since Wednesday


July 6, 2012 (BOR) – The Chairperson of South Sudan’s Civil Society Alliance, Deng Athuai, has been reported missing since Wednesday night, the executive director of the group, Biel Boutros has revealed.

Boutros told South Sudan Radio on Friday that his colleague had last been seen at the his residential place at Beach Hotel in Juba, adding that he suspected Athuai had been kidnapped.

Boutros, who heads the South Sudan Human Rights Advocacy Association (SSHRAA), described his colleague as instrumental in following up on the lost $4 billion that is alleged to have been stolen by corrupt South Sudanese officials since 2005.

“As per now, we cannot point any finger at anyone because we don’t know who picked him”, he said over the local radio.

Boutros said that on 11 June Deng Athuai was among the activists that marched to South Sudan’s parliament asking the government to reveal the identities of 75 officials suspected of corruption.

South Sudan’s President recently wrote to 75 senior officials asking them to return stolen money anonymously into a bank in Kenya.

According to Boutros, Deng left the hotel at about 8:30 PM local time, on a motor bike, to buy his ailing nephew something in the nearby market but never returned.

Boutros urged the government to investigate the disappearance of of his boss urgently.

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Comments
  1. Bb says:

    Surely, this is normal to people under the rule of mr Salva Kirr. I was aware that this will happen to particularly to peopl of Adiang tribe who Deng Athuai, Keribno and others activities to be at risk. I as aware that those of Pagan and his wrong supporters are behind the sense. Now I will recalled you back to the letter of apology written mr. Aguer who is an Australian citizen last month. Similar issues was raised in ht letter , so it was an alert to people who don’t understands the general situation, like this.
    I have a break and I will get back to soon

    • ayiirbut says:

      I was totally dissappointed when i heart that the chairperson of the civil society alliance have dissappear because this act will discourage the human right activies to do their duties as arepresentative to the people.

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