Journalists urged to expose use of children in armed conflict
Journalists for Human Rights (JHR), a Canadian non-profit media development organisation, has urged South Sudanese journalists to strengthen their reporting on violations against children and hold those responsible for recruiting and using minors in armed conflict accountable. Mustapha Dumbuya, JHR’s director of African programmes, made the call on Friday at the conclusion of a five-day training for more than 25 journalists in Juba, organised jointly by JHR and the Dallaire Institute. “We do have a job, and I think at this point we agree as journalists, we have a job to expose these violations but also to hold the perpetrators accountable through the work that we do,” Dumbuya said. He urged participants to apply the knowledge and skills gained during the training in their daily reporting,…
