A committee tasked with investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of British-American journalist Christopher Allen extended the duration of the probe to 45 days.
The Chairman of the Investigation Committee, Justice David Charles, noted in a press release yesterday that the extension was occasioned by “some technical reasons which would permit the committee to fulfill its tasks comprehensively.”
“I would like to inform the public that the duration of the investigation committee has been extended for 45 days commencing from 19th October 2023,” the committee noted in a press release on Thursday.
Earlier this month, the Minister of Cabinet Affairs, Dr Martin Elia Lomuro, announced in a statement that a committee had been established “to investigate the circumstances of the death of journalist Christopher Allen.”
The statement was received positively by the embassies of the United States of America and the United Kingdom which issued a joint statement on October 6, supporting the move to probe the journalist’s death after years of wait.
Mr. Allen, an American-British citizen, was killed while covering clashes between the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) and the Sudan People’s Liberation Army-in Opposition (SPLA-IO) on August 26, 2017.
In August 2023, the United States and Britain stated on the sixth anniversary of Allen’s killing calling for South Sudan to conduct a “credible investigation”.
Reporters Without Borders, known by its French acronym RSF, has also been urging the United States to lead a probe into his death because of Juba’s “failure to hold anyone accountable.”
“Available information demonstrates that war crimes were committed in the deliberate targeting of Allen and the treatment of his body after his death, including trophy-style photos,” it said in a statement in August.
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