{"id":247891,"date":"2023-01-20T21:02:15","date_gmt":"2023-01-20T19:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/press\/statement-by-united-states-us-ambassador-to-south-sudan-michael-j-adler-about-reports-of-abductions?lang=en"},"modified":"2023-01-20T21:02:15","modified_gmt":"2023-01-20T19:02:15","slug":"statement-by-united-states-u-s-ambassador-to-south-sudan-michael-j-adler-about-reports-of-abductions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/statement-by-united-states-u-s-ambassador-to-south-sudan-michael-j-adler-about-reports-of-abductions\/","title":{"rendered":"Statement by United States (U.S.) Ambassador to South Sudan Michael J. Adler About Reports of Abductions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/large\/c8e1372a80256f0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/large\/c8e1372a80256f0\" alt=\"U.S. Embassy in South Sudan\" style=\"max-width:500px\" \/><\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/download\/c8e1372a80256f0\">Download logo<\/a><br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/africarc\/loganalytics?press_id=235457&amp;press_source=U.S. Embassy in South Sudan\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Each year, the United States dedicates the month of January to raising awareness about human trafficking.&nbsp; During this month, the U.S. Government reaffirms the importance of commitment throughout the year to end human trafficking, which constitutes one of the worst categories of human rights violations.&nbsp; We also honor the achievements of those who are dedicated to raising awareness about this important issue and who are working to end human trafficking.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Human traffickers often take advantage of instability caused by conflict to exploit others.&nbsp; In South Sudan, we are gravely concerned about reports of women and children being abducted, including within the context of subnational violence.&nbsp; We are equally concerned by continued reports of the recruitment and use of child soldiers.&nbsp; We renew our call for South Sudan&rsquo;s leaders to act with urgency to end subnational violence and to hold accountable those responsible for abductions and for all other forms of human rights violations, including child soldier recruitment.<\/p>\n<p><i>Distributed by APO Group on behalf of U.S. Embassy in South Sudan.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/\">Source: Africa Newsroom &#8211; APO<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Download logo Each year, the United States dedicates the month of January to raising awareness about human trafficking.&nbsp; During this month, the U.S. Government reaffirms the importance of commitment throughout the year to end human trafficking, which constitutes one of the worst categories of human rights violations.&nbsp; We also honor the achievements of those who [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":247892,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4584],"tags":[4585],"class_list":{"0":"post-247891","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-africa-news-2","8":"tag-apo","9":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/statement-by-united-states-u-s-ambassador-to-south-sudan-michael-j-adler-about-reports-of-abductions.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247891\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}