In S
Sudan, UN Leak
Shows Gov
Seizing UN
Phone For
Taking Photos
By Matthew
Russell Lee,
Exclusive
UNITED
NATIONS,
August 4 -- In
the UN's
continued
withholding of
news and
answers about
South Sudan,
the reports of
the UN's own
knowledge of
abuses are now
being withheld
from its own
impacted
national
staff.
As the
UN refuses to
answer
questions, and
Bans
the Press from
South Sudan
meetings,
video
here, we
publish his
internal UN
report:
"On 03 August
at 15:00 hours
in Juba, one
UNMISS
Military
Personnel
(MLO) was
prevented by
airport
security
personnel from
boarding Kenya
Airways flight
at Juba
International
Airport for
allegedly
taking
pictures at
the
passengers’
waiting room.
Before being
released HG
security
personnel
seized his
laptop,
national
passport and a
smartphone and
asked him to
report to
their office
on 04 August.
The case was
reported to UN
Security."
On August 3 we
published
these UN
internal
reports from
South Sudan,
marked "“UN
STRICTLY
CONFIDENTIAL:
ST/SGB/2007/6,
Information
Sensitivity,
Classification
and Handling
* * *
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are
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