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Human rights in South Sudan are a contentious issue, owing at least in part to the country's violent history. In late July 2011, a few weeks after South Sudan gained its independence, President Salva Kiir Mayardit gave an address to hundreds of soldiers, police, government officials, diplomats, and others in which he warned the army and police against the use of torture, saying it gave South Sudan "a very bad image in the international scene". He also said he was "declaring war on all criminals", including members of the South Sudanese armed forces and constabulary who committed human rights violations, and ordered the Ministry of Justice to prosecute anyone charged with rape or torture. == Disarmament campaign == In the SPLA/M's anti-insurgency campaign to disarm rebellions among the Shilluk and Murle, they burned scores of villages, raped hundreds of women and girls and killed an untold number of civilians. Human Rights Watch alleges that both the SPLA and the rebel group led by Johnson Olony were responsible for atrocities. Civilians alleging torture by the SPLA claim fingernails being torn out, burning plastic bags dripped on children to make their parents hand over weapons and villagers burned alive in their huts if rebels were suspected of spending the night there. In May 2011, the SPLA allegedly set fire to over 7,000 homes in Unity state. The United Nations Human Rights Council reported many of these violations, and the frustrated director of one Juba-based international aid agency called them "human rights abuses off the Richter scale".〔 Amnesty International researchers claim security forces committed widespread torture against civilians, including children as young as 18 months, in its disarmament campaign called Operation Restore Peace in Jonglei state that began in March 2012. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Human rights in South Sudan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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