The national journalists’ union announced on Saturday that a number of journalists were imprisoned in South Sudan this week after sharing a video showing the country’s president appearing to wet himself during a national event.
The footage from December revealed a dark stain running down President Salva Kiir’s legs as he stood for the national anthem during the opening of a new road. Despite the fact that the film was never broadcast on national television, it was shared on social media.
Six journalists employed by the government-owned South Sudan Broadcasting Corporation were held on Tuesday and Wednesday, according to South Sudan Union of Journalists head Patrick Oyet.
Kiir has served as South Sudan’s president since the country’s independence in 2011.
Oyet identified the detained journalists were camera operators Joseph Oliver and Mustafa Osman, video editor Victor Lado, contributor Jacob Benjamin, and control room employees Cherbek Ruben and Joval Toombe.
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