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STORY: OHCHR / SOUTH SUDAN HUMAN RIGHTS
TRT: 03:06
SOURCE: OHCHR
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 10 MARCH 2026, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
1. Wide shot, Palais des Nations
2. Wide shot, briefing room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Seif Magango, Spokesperson for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR):
“We are horrified by the growing accounts of serious violations in the ongoing conflict in South Sudan, including gruesome killings, the destruction and poisoning of key water sources, and fresh waves of mass displacement.”
4. Wide shot, briefing room
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Seif Magango, Spokesperson for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR):
“In the past 17 days, more than 160 civilians have been killed, at least 139 of them by fighters from the Bul Nuer ethnic group in Abiemnom locality, in the Ruweng Administrative Area, on 1 March. On 21 February, 21 civilians were killed by government forces in Panko village, Ayod County, Jonglei State, when soldiers lured them into gathering at one place promising to give them food aid, then opened fire on them. Fifteen women and three girls were among those killed. That same day, soldiers reportedly tied up and beheaded four civilians – one elderly man, a woman, a boy, and a girl - in Thiam village of Wau Payam, Western Bahr al Ghazal State.”
6. Wide shot, briefing room
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Seif Magango, Spokesperson for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR):
“The South Sudanese armed forces have reportedly destroyed or intentionally poisoned approximately 99 wells during government airstrikes.”
8. Wide shot, briefing room
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Seif Magango, Spokesperson for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR):
“Some of these acts may amount to war crimes. There must be prompt, impartial, thorough and effective investigations into these and all other alleged violations of the laws of war and of international human rights law which are taking place. And those found responsible must be fully held to account, including those bearing superior and command responsibility.”
10. Wide shot, briefing room
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Seif Magango, Spokesperson for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR):
“We call for a ceasefire to be agreed as promptly as possible to save lives, to turn this conflict in the direction of a negotiated solution. Parties to the conflict must also desist from attacking civilians and civilian objects and ensure safe and constant and sustained flow of humanitarian aid to all in need, consistent with our obligations under international law. Both parties must also take prompt and meaningful steps, with the support of the international community to rescue the fledgling peace process, South Sudan must be pulled back from the brink of all out civil conflict.”
12. Wide shot, briefing room
UN Human Rights Office spokesperson Seif Magango today (10 Mar) expressed horror at growing accounts of human rights violations in South Sudan. He was addressing the biweekly press briefing in Geneva via Zoom from Nairobi, Kenya.
“We are horrified by the growing accounts of serious violations in the ongoing conflict in South Sudan, including gruesome killings, the destruction and poisoning of key water sources, and fresh waves of mass displacement,” he said.
“In the past 17 days, more than 160 civilians have been killed, at least 139 by fighters from the Bul Nuer ethnic group in Abiemnom locality, in the Ruweng Administrative Area, on 1 March. And on 21 February, 21 civilians were killed by government forces in Pankor village, Ayod County, Jonglei State, when soldiers lured them into gathering at one place promising to give them food aid, then opened fire on them. Fifteen women and three girls were among those killed. That same day, soldiers reportedly tied up and beheaded four civilians – one elderly man, a woman, a boy, and a girl - in Thiam village of Wau Payam, Western Bahr al Ghazal State,” he said.
“The South Sudanese armed forces have reportedly destroyed or intentionally poisoned approximately 99 wells during government airstrikes,” he added.
“Some of these acts may amount to war crimes. There must be prompt, impartial, thorough and effective investigations into these and all other alleged violations of the laws of war and of international human rights law which are taking place. And those found responsible must be fully held to account, including those bearing superior and command responsibility,” he said.
“We for a ceasefire to be agreed as promptly as possible to save lives, to turn this conflict in the direction of a negotiated solution. Parties to the conflict must also desist from attacking civilians and civilian objects and ensure safe and constant and sustained flow of humanitarian aid to all in need, consistent with our obligations under international law. Both parties must also take prompt and meaningful steps, with the support of the international community to rescue the fledgling peace process, South Sudan must be pulled back from the brink of all out civil conflict,” he said.
