Human Rights Violations in Yei amount to war crimes – UN Report

Violations and abuses against civilians specifically in #Yei, may amount to war crimes or crimes against humanity, a new report released by the human rights division of the UN Mission in South Sudan -UNMISS says.

The report covering a period from July documents the profound human suffering caused by the ongoing conflict and the exploitation of local and ethnic divisions for political ends.

According to the report, violence in Yei fuelled strong divisions along ethnic lines and resulted in targeted killings, arrests, rapes and mass civilian displacement of more than half of the population of the town.

The report states that the conflict in Yei, in particular, highlights the startling level of impunity in South Sudan, which has fed successive cycles of violence across the country. As Eugene Nindorera, head of the Human Rights Division of UNMISS told Radio Miraya’s David Lukan, the culture of impunity is unacceptable.

Listen to the interview