Locations of detention sites operated by South Sudan's National Security Service in Juba, South Sudan, as of December 2020.

Failure to Enact Reforms, Ensure Accountability, Emboldens Agency

Government soldiers carried out extensive abuses against civilians during counter-insurgency operations in South Sudanbetween December 2018 and March 2019 in Yei River state, Human Rights Watch said today. The soldiers shot at civilians, looted extensively, burned homes and crops, and chased thousands of residents from their villages. Human Rights Watch also documented accounts of rape and sexual violence by soldiers. 

Soldiers attacked civilians and civilian property in counterinsurgency operations in the south and west of Wau that began in June 2018.

South Sudanese armed forces and armed opposition groups continue to recruit child soldiers and force them into the conflict, despite numerous commitments to stop. 

People with disabilities and older people in South Sudan face greater risks of being caught in fighting and greater challenges in getting necessary humanitarian assistance. 

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A Dinka woman from Malakal describes how her husband was killed.

Researcher Skye Wheeler discusses the destruction in South Sudan.