South Sudan: Journalists Barred from Riek Machar Trial Despite Public Hearing Assurances
On 8 Oct 2025, South Sudanese security forces blocked independent journalists and media organizations from attending the trial of suspended First Vice President Riek Machar and six others. The move directly contradicted earlier court assurances that the proceedings would be open to the public. Reporters attempting to access the courtroom were turned away without explanation, […]
Journalist’s Detention Prompts Condemnation and Calls for Press Freedom
On 22, Sept- 2025-A cameraman working for the Office of the First Vice President, Dr. Riek Machar, was detained by security forces as he attempted to cover a court hearing in Juba, an act that has drawn strong condemnation from his office and prompted a senior justice to reiterate the public’s right to access court […]
Sexual Harassment Forces Women Out of South Sudan Journalism, Media Leaders Warn
Report: On 24 Sept 2025-A growing number of female journalists in South Sudan are abandoning their careers due to persistent sexual harassment within media institutions, according to media leaders and advocacy groups. The abuse, often perpetrated by senior editors and managers, remains largely unreported, creating a culture of silence and impunity that threatens the future […]
Journalist, activist report assault, brief arrest during Machar trial
On 22 Sept, 2025, A journalist and a civil rights activist were assaulted, briefly detained, and abused by security forces during the opening session of suspended First Vice President Riek Machar’s court trial in Juba The journalist was denied entry to the courtroom and later assaulted by police officers while leaving the venue. Meanwhile, the […]
Independent Media Block from Covering Machar Trial
On 22 Sept 2025, South Sudanese security forces barred independent media outlets from covering the long-awaited trial of suspended First Vice President Riek Machar and seven senior officials of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-in-Opposition (SPLM-IO). The court is meant to uphold transparency. SSBC alone cannot provide comprehensive coverage for the entire country and the international […]
Experienced journalists leaving newsrooms amid economic crisis
South Sudanese editors are raising alarms over the country’s deepening economic crisis, lack of training opportunities, and low journalist pay—factors they say are driving experienced reporters out of the profession and weakening the quality of news coverage. the crisis has been exacerbated by the end of U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) funding, which had […]
South Sudan security detains The Dawn editor
28 Nov, 2024-Emmanuel Monychol Akop, the Editor-in-Chief of The Dawn Daily English Newspaper, was detained by South Sudan’s National Security Service (NSS) on Thursday, no arrest warrant was presented to the staff, nor were they informed of the reasons for their boss’s detention. detials: https://www.radiotamazuj.org/en/news/article/south-sudan-security-detains-the-dawn-editor
N. Bahr el Ghazal residents decry stifled freedom of expression
Several residents of Northern Bahr el Ghazal State have raised concerns about being gagged from expressing pressing issues and criticizing officials in the state of arrests of activists in the last few years how about during elections? which necessitate civic space and freedom of expression and speech. Last May, Dut Kuot Akok, an activist, was sentenced to 14 […]
National Security shuts down radio station in Bor
7 June, 2025- South Sudan’s National Security Service forcibly shut down a Radio Jonglei 95.9 FM ,Community radio station in Bor town on Sunday, ejecting staff and briefly detaining a journalist without explanation even without warrants, locked the building and cut off live broadcast. Further details: https://www.radiotamazuj.org/en/news/article/national-security-shuts-down-radio-station-in-bor
Journalist detained in Rumbek East
A Senior journalist, Manyang Mayom Meen, has been arrested. He works with U.N.-owned Radio Miraya FM They detained him in the remote Mabor-duong detention center. The arrest was reportedly carried out by a South Sudan People’s Defense Forces (SSPDF) unit in Rumbek East County. Further Details: ( https://www.radiotamazuj.org/en/news/article/south-sudan-un-radio-journalist-arrested-in-rumbek-east)