Surveillance/endangering Source Protection: Confiscation of a reporter's or media outlet's equipment, notes, mobile phone
On January 15, officers from the National Security Political Affairs Office in Juba, the capital city of South Sudan, confiscated the press cards of two Juba-based journalists working for China Global Television Network (CGTN-Africa). The incident involved the president of the Union of Journalists of South Sudan (UJOSS), Patrick Oyet Charles and his cameraman Samuel Abud. The duo was filming a piece to camera (PTC) in connection with a story about South Sudan’s government plea for 1.8 million dollars to support refugees and returnees fleeing war from Sudan. Their press cards were returned to them on the following day.