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Ed Markey: I was especially saddened and disturbed by a December Human Rights Watch report that members of the South Sudanese Army…

On the recordJanuary 8, 2014
I was especially saddened and disturbed by a December Human Rights Watch report that members of the South Sudanese Army had targeted Nuer civilians in Juba on the basis of their ethnicity.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Markey expresses concern over ethnic targeting in South Sudan based on a Human Rights Watch report.

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