South Sudanese whistleblower released after two months in detention
South Sudanese whistleblower Athorbey Al-Gaddhaffy-Dit, who was abducted in Kenya in June and taken to South Sudan, has been released after nearly two months in detention, his family said on Monday.
He returned to Kenya’s capital Nairobi and is receiving medical treatment after his health deteriorated in detention in the South Sudanese capital Juba, the family also said.
Mr Gaddhaffy-Dit, who also holds Kenyan citizenship, was seized by armed, masked men after leaving a casino on the outskirts of Nairobi in early June, according to a report filed to police by his wife.
Boniface Mwangi, a Kenyan activist, said in June that Mr Gaddhaffy-Dit had told him in April that he shared information about allegations of high-level corruption in South Sudan.
South Sudan’s government spokesperson, Ateny Wek Ateny, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
South Sudan’s government has regularly dismissed accusations of systematic human rights abuses and widespread corruption.
(Reuters/NAN)
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