South Sudan’s security act causes controversy

The civil society organisation further stresses that the recently enacted bill is not in accordance with international human rights conventions that South Sudan has acceded to.

Critics of the security law, which lawmakers passed in October last year, say it gives the National Security Service excessive powers, including the right to arrest anyone suspected of criminal activity, without a warrant.

During a workshop organised in Juba on Friday, June 12, 2015, to analyse the law, members of the law society called for the law to be amended.

Charlton Doki reports for the Niles from Juba: