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President Kiir reverses orders to shoot rapist soldiers JUBA (19 Feb.) South Sudan President Salva Kiir ordered that soldiers who rape civilians should not be publicly executed before being taken to court, a spokesman for the presidency said. The statement directly contradicts Kiir’s previous statement during a religious occasion in the town of Yei that soldiers who rape civilians be shot in the head and in public. Speaking to Radio Tamazuj on Sunday, Ateny Wek Ateny, South Sudan’s presidential spokesman, said members of the security forces who were convicted of rape would be taken to court for trial, saying the perpetrators would not be executed publicly.Ateny claimed that President Kiir was referring to history of the SPLA army. “For now, the President said we cannot kill anyone before we take him to the court,” said Ateny.“If any soldier found guilty of rape, he should be taken to court, so the court will determine the charge against him, whether military or civil courts,” he added. Addressing a crowd of citizens in Yei town earlier this month, President Kiir ordered his defense minister and the army chief to publicly execute members of the armed forces if found of raping women."Those who are doing unlawful acts, raping women and girls, this is not the policy of the government. The body of a woman cannot be taken by force," Kiir said.“I want the general chief of staff Gen. Paul Malong and the defense minister to report to me from now on if anything like this happens. In such a case, we will shoot the person who did it,”Kiir added.Last week, SPLA soldiers were accused of raping women “on a large scale” after carrying out an attack on Kubi village along the Juba-Nimule road. -- To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/southsudankob View this message at https://groups.google.com/d/msg/southsudankob/topic-id/message-id For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14oo%2BAkJ73Eg%2BBWf%2BWY5D4sh0RO%2BVAHN3x1gu9kcQw2GrKg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
