UN rights chief calls for release of hundreds abducted and abused in South Sudan

The UN’s top rights official has called for the immediate release of Hundreds of civilians who were taken by opposition forces in South Sudan’s Western Equatoria region.

The High Commissioner’s appeal follows the publication of a UN report into grave rights abuses against villagers in South Sudan’s Gbudue and Tambura states, in Western Equatoria region.

It details testimonies from victims and witnesses that indicate how women and girls as young as 12 were abducted by opposition forces…then paraded and lined up for commanders to choose as “wives”.

To find out more about this report, Nelson Lwak called up Elizabeth Throssell of the UN human rights commission in Geneva and begun by explaining the key findings.