South Sudan

Meriam Ibrahim Gives Birth in Omdurman Women’s Prison in Khartoum: Incarcerated Family of Three Denied Medical Care By Prison Authorities Despite Sudanese International and Constitutional Obligations

SIHA STATEMENT, 27 MAY 2014 Sentenced on 15 May 2014 to one-hundred public lashings and execution by hanging on baseless charges of adultery and apostasy, Meriam Ibrahim, who remains in …

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South Sudanese Woman Violently Murdered by Husband Reinforces the Harsh Brutality of Domestic Violence

On Tuesday 21st May, Joyce Fernando was brutally murdered by her husband, Dr Amos Cleto, in Wau Town, Western Bahr El Ghazal, South Sudan. Dr Cleto attacked Joyce, breaking her arms before raping and murdering her and finally dismembering the body. The body was found hours after the murder following a phone call by Dr Cleto to family members of both Joyce and himself.