South Sudan journalist in hiding over report on war profiteering by leaders
Kenyan journalists demonstrate for press freedom. Several newspapers and radio stations in South Sudan have faced serious government sanctions while journalists continue being harassed, intimidated, arbitrarily arrested, and physically assaulted and others even killed, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists. PHOTO | FILE
A South Sudanese human rights advocate and journalist is on the run after being accused of being one of the witnesses who provided information that yielded the recent Sentry Report.
Mr Peter Gai, a columnist with the Sudan Tribune, told the Africa Review in an interview that the South Sudan Embassy in Kampala on September 30 sent security officers to locate his residence.
