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Peter Biar Ajak – South Sudan

Peter Biar Ajak – (South Sudan) – peace activist convicted of disturbing the peace (Perseus Strategies)

  • Petition to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention — Peter Biar Ajak, June 12, 2019
  • UN Experts Urge Immediate Release of Peter Biar Ajak, March 6, 2019
  • Urgent Action Appeal to UN Special Rapporteurs on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders and on Freedom of Opinion and Expression, January 28, 2019

  • Peter Biar Ajak, South Sudan Deserves Better Than Salva Kiir, Washington Post, October 8, 2020
  • Peter Biar Ajak & Jianli Yang, How Chinese Corruption Spreads Misery Abroad, The American Interest, September 22, 2020
  • Peter Biar Ajak, My Escape to America Shows the Price of Dissent in South Sudan, Wall Street Journal, July 23, 2020
  • Arshad Mohammed and Julio-Cesar Chavez, Prominent South Sudan critic cays government sent hit squad for him; Juba denies, Reuters, July 23, 2020
  • Cara Anna, South Sudan activist flees to US, says Kiir wanted him dead, AP News, July 23, 2020
  • Media Release Announcing Pardon and Release of Peter Biar Ajak, January 4, 2020
  • Amnesty International Slams Sham Trial that Resulted in Prison Sentences for Six Men Including Activist Peter Biar Ajak, Amnesty International, June 12, 2019
  • Media Release Announcing International Counsel for Peter Biar Ajak Files Petition to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, June 12, 2019
  • Nyagoah Tut Pur, South Sudanese Leaders Should Use Vatican Visit to Recommit to Justice, Human Rights Watch, April 10, 2019
  • Chantal Da Silva, Harvard Activist Detained in South Sudan Charged with ‘Insurgency, Sabotage’ Despite UN Calls for His Immediate Release, Newsweek, March 27, 2019
  • Media Release Announcing Peter Biar Ajak Charged with Insurgency, Sabotage, March 26, 2019
  • Cambridge University Student Peter Biar Ajak ‘Detained in Hellhole,’ BBC, February 9, 2019
  • Congresswoman Madeleine Dean Speaks about Peter Biar Ajak on the Floor of the House of Representatives, February 6, 2019 (link to download video here)
  • Chantal Da Silva, Harvard Activist Detained in South Sudan for Six Months ‘Could Be Put to Death,’ Lawyer Warns in Urgent Appeal to United Nations, Newsweek, January 29, 2019
  • Media Release Announcing Jared Genser Joins Legal Team of Peter Biar Ajak as International Counsel, January 28, 2019