Egypt

Abu Simbel Temple viewed from the plane, Aswan, Egypt https://t.co/y341FAGfOa

The silent suffering of south Sudanese in Egypt! Behind the walls of detention centers and prisons are south Sudanese men and women whose only crime was searching for safety, dignity, and a better future. Many South Sudanese who fled conflict, poverty, and displacement arrived in Egypt carrying hope. Instead, some found themselves trapped in detention, separated from their families and uncertain about their future. Days turn into weeks, and weeks into months. Families wait for news that may never come. Mothers worry about their children. Fathers wonder whether they will ever return home. Young people who dreamed of education and opportunity face isolation, fear, and despair. Every detainee is more than a number in a file. They are human beings with stories, aspirations, and loved ones who depend on them. Their suffering is not merely a legal or political issue—it is a humanitarian issue. No person who has escaped war and hardship should be stripped of their dignity or forgotten behind closed doors. On date 20 May, I had a chance of meeting south Sudanese imates brought into Embassy of south Sudan in Egypt by Egyptian police, this is the sad reality about the life our people are bearing with in Egypt is far beyond description, i personally interacted with one prisoner called Deng Angok, who's from Northern Bahr el ghazal state, Deng is a married man of four kids, after I approached him, he told me that, he was arrested on the second weeks after which his wife gave birth to a child Deng told me, he spent 45 days in the prison, he further explained that in the prison where they're detained, they're more than 100 south Sudanese there let alone other prisons He and other south Sudanese were arrested on the basis of lacking legal residence documents by Egyptian police though all of are under UNCHR holdings UN cards, in the picture, you can see some of them holding breads, those breads were brought by families who came to wait thier arrested ones at the Embassy with food and water, hungry and physical torturing can be seen in thier bodies and faces. Egypt is hosting thousands of south Sudanese refugees under UNCHR, perhaps, its government continues to inflict unbearing sufferings to our people under the protection of UN meanwhile on the other hand, UN is doing nothing to protect our people and abide by its obligation and sanctuary to provide safe haven to south Sudanese refugees. One of my friends wrote a book about "the suffering of south Sudanese in North Africa and Middle East, In His book, he collected the accounts of stories from many individuals who escaped the conflict, poverty, violence and displacement hoping their lives would change when they arrived in Egypt yet only to be met with unfair treatment and another suffering in Egypt, many of you might have heard of suicidal cases, rapes cases and others proceed to Libya and drowned in the Mediterranean Sea,........ read more in the book written by Ringo Dwel Many South Sudanese migrants and refugees in Egypt face significant hardships. Some are detained for immigration-related violations such as irregular entry, or failure to renew residency documents. Detainees frequently face fear, isolation, and concern for loved ones while navigating complex immigration and long delayed legal systems. Detainees have reported cases of overcrowded detention facilities, limited access to legal assistance, poor sanitation, inadequate healthcare, and prolonged detention while individuals await decisions on their legal status. I write this note with deep concern to the government of south Sudan to strengthen the bilateral relations with Egypt inorder to protect south Sudanese refugees in Egypt or else would pressure the UN organisations of UNCHR and IOM to relocate south Sudanese refugees in Egypt to other country (ies) if they failed to provide protection of south Sudanese refugees in Egypt The international community, governments, and humanitarian organizations must work together to ensure that refugees and migrants are treated with fairness, compassion, and respect for their fundamental human rights, Justice demands due process, Humanity demands dignity, and conscience demands that we do not remain silent while vulnerable people endure suffering in the shadows.The cry of the detained South Sudanese is not only a cry for freedom—it is a cry for recognition, dignity, and hope. Their voices deserve to be heard. NB, I took these photos at Embassy of south Sudan in Egypt

🇪🇬 Aswan, Egypt, 1971 Photo by Bruno Barbey. https://t.co/ceFvIB6gO5