Ngor Garang

South Sudan: Independence has not brought freedom for press

Posted by Brian Dabbs on Apr 16, 2012 in Africa, Brian Dabbs, Ngor Garang, Press freedom, RSS Syndicated Posts, South Sudan, Sub-Saharan Africa, Sudan Tribune

In November last year, Ngor Garang was illegally detained and repeatedly tortured for 18 days in South Sudan’s national security headquarters, located in the country’s interim capital, Juba.  His crime: he was the chief editor for a newspaper that…