SPLM-IO Confirms Death of Detained Officer Capt. Luka Gathok in Juba

SPLM-IO confirms death of detained officer Capt. Luka Gathok in Juba

JUBA, South Sudan (Eye Radio) – The Sudan People’s Liberation Movement In-opposition (SPLM-IO) has confirmed that Captain Luka Gathok Nyuon, an SPLA-IO officer and political detainee, died in custody on Thursday. He was one of 82 members of Riek Machar’s security personnel being held in Giada military base. In a press statement issued on Friday, September 19, the SPLM-IO acting chairman, Oyet Nathaniel Pierino, said that Captain Gathok died at t…

South Sudan: Machar’s Bodyguard Dies in Military Detention in Juba

A close aide to South Sudan’s suspended First Vice President, Dr. Riek Machar, has died

Machar's bodyguard dies in military detention in Juba - Radio Tamazuj

A close bodyguard of South Sudan’s suspended First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar died in military detention in Juba on Thursday morning, family members and colleagues said. Captain Luka Gathok Nyuon, a native of Mayom County, was arrested in March shortly after Machar was placed under house arrest in the capital. Nyuon, who was in his 40s, had been held along with several of his colleagues at the Jamus military detention center. A family member…