Authorities in Mundri county of South Sudan’s Western Equatoria state allegedly arrested 19 youths for supporting the SPLM-IO of first vice president Riek Machar, SPLM-IO deputy spokesperson Nyarji Roman said.
Nyarji said in a press statement extended to Radio Tamazuj that the youths are in bad conditions.
“Those youths are undergoing serious suffering in the garrison and were badly tortured on daily basis,” he alleged. He said they received food only once in small portion.
The spokesperson called on the government and the SPLA commander in Mundri to immediately release the 19 youths for the sake of peace, reconciliation, and healing.