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<p>The British Government is deeply disturbed by the UN Panel of Expert's findings
that Dong Samuel Luak and Aggrey Idri were abducted from Kenya and executed in South
Sudan by the South Sudanese national security service in 2017. We call on the South
Sudanese Government to respond to these findings, and ensure that its defence and
security forces are subject to the rule of law, to prevent future disappearances.
<br> <br>The disappearance of these individuals and concerns for their safety have
been raised by the British Ambassador, and by the UK Special Envoy for South Sudan
with senior members of the South Sudanese Government on a number of occasions. The
case has also been raised in Nairobi with the Kenyan authorities. This is part of
a troubling pattern of harassment and intimidation of civic actors by South Sudanese
authorities. The British Government regularly calls for the release of all political
prisoners in accordance with the 12 September peace agreement. We also led efforts
to renew the mandate of the UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan in March,
and support the renewal of the Panel of Experts mandate due at the end of May. The
work of these UN bodies is critical to exposing the perpetrators of human rights violations
in South Sudan. </p>
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