South Sudan Denies Abuses Cited By HRW In Jonglei Report
The head of a South Sudan disarmament campaign dismissed a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report saying soldiers had raped, beaten, tortured and killed civilians during the campaign in Jonglei, the country's largest state. 26 August 2012 Lieutenant General Kuol Diem Kuol, in charge of the disarmament process in Jonglei State speaking to the press in Bor after recovering arms in July 2012. By Mading Ngor JUBA, 26 August 2012 [REUTERS] - South Sudan seceded from Sudan a year ago under a 2005 peace deal and is awash with firearms after a decades-long civil war with Khartoum that killed an estimated two million people. Run mostly by former guerilla fighters, South Sudan's nascent government has struggled to assert control over its vast and restive territories since declaring independence. HRW , citing local officials, victims and witnesses, said soldiers in the national Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA), have committed the ab