{"id":3500,"date":"2020-07-24T17:43:39","date_gmt":"2020-07-24T17:43:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onecitizendaily.com\/?p=3500"},"modified":"2020-07-24T17:49:50","modified_gmt":"2020-07-24T17:49:50","slug":"government-denies-murder-accusations-against-activist-peter-biar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/2020\/07\/24\/government-denies-murder-accusations-against-activist-peter-biar\/","title":{"rendered":"Government Denies Murder Accusations against Activist Peter Biar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Peter Biar Ajak, profile photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

By Kiden Stela Mandela\/ Ochaya\nJackson <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Government of South Sudan\nthrough Presidential Spokesperson Ateny Wek Ateny, on Friday yesterday, denied the\naccusation that the government was intending to kill Human Rights Activist\nPeter Biar Ajak. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Activist Ajak arrived at Dulles\nAirport in Washington, DC on Thursday together with his wife and three children\nfrom Kenyan capital \u2013 Nairobi, after he said, he was tipped off by some top\ngovernment officials with the information that President Salva Kiir had ordered\nsecurity operatives to either finish him off in Nairobi or be abducted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“About five weeks ago, I\nreceived information that the President of South Sudan, Salva Kiir, had ordered\nthe National Security Service … to either kill me in Nairobi or abduct me and\nbring me back to South Sudan,\u201d Peter Ajak was quoted as saying by Reuters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He however, did not mention the\nnames of those top government officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Reuters, Biar said\nPresident Kiir felt threaten by his efforts to expose corruption and promotion\nof democracy in South Sudan that\u2019s why he had wanted him killed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But Presidential Press Secretary Ateny\nWek Ateny, when contacted for comments on Activist Biar\u2019s assertion he said \u201cfor\nwhat reason could the government even go for Peter Biar, what does Peter Biar\nhave?\u201d, Ateny questioned, saying  \u201cPeter\nBiar is only seeking asylum in the United States of America. He must say\nsomething that would make him relevant to the authority of United States. He is\nan attention seeker\u2026..you know Peter Biar was pardoned by the President; he was\npardoned and stayed in Juba here for many months before he crossed to Nairobi\nand then later on he escaped to United States. He said this statement to\nstrengthen his\u2026for asylum in the United States of America, is not more or less\nthan that\u201d Ateny said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When asked on what made Peter Biar\nto run away from the country after he was already pardoned, Ateny Wek Ateny\nsaid \u201cthe answer lies with him [Peter Biar], why did he leave the country?. You\nknow he has a purpose of going to United States of America, that is the purpose\nbut he should be the one to explain much, why he has left the country. When in\nthe actual fact the President pardoned him free, and he was free to stay here\nhe has a family here, he has extended members of his family who are not feeling\nany threat\u201d, Presidential Press Secretary explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He added that \u201cthe people of South\nSudan should be able to understand the technicalities of the issues raised\u2026..anyone\nwho is seeking asylum must always tarnish the government image, you cannot be a\nsupporter of the government and you also get asylum at the same time, they\ndon\u2019t match together\u201d, Ateny added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But according to Reuters, Peter\nBiar Ajak’s lawyer Jared Genser, delivered a photograph of a white vehicle [SUV]\nbearing South Sudanese number plates in which he said had followed Peter in\nNairobi. And lawyer Genser added \u201cthe plates were not in South Sudan’s car\nregistry and were typical of those used by the government’s National Security\nService\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It also said it \u201creviewed emails\nfrom June that showed the US State Department regarded Ajak’s allegation as\nsufficiently credible to grant him a visa\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The circumstances of Peter’s\ncase are clear,” said one US official in an email to Reuters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Activist Peter Biar who doubles as\nEconomist and founder of a non \u2013 profit organization called South Sudan Young\nLeaders Forum travelled to Kenya in February this year after spending months in\nprison on charges of disturbing peace by giving interview to foreign media. President\nSalva Kiir had pardoned Peter Biar in January alongside late Kerbino Wol who\nwas the leader of October 7th<\/sup> Movement, and was killed in Lakes\nState following government offensive after he announced the plan to overthrow\nthe government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Kiden Stela Mandela\/ Ochaya Jackson The Government of South Sudan through Presidential Spokesperson Ateny Wek Ateny, on Friday yesterday, denied the accusation that the government was intending to kill Human Rights Activist Peter Biar Ajak. Activist Ajak arrived at Dulles Airport in Washington, DC on Thursday together with his[Read More…]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[80,79,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-national","category-news","category-politics"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3500"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3500\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3502,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3500\/revisions\/3502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}