The Juba Monitor Newspaper says one of its senior editors has been arrested by the security in Juba. The Managing Editor, Michael Koma was arrested yesterday on charges that the newspaper published a press statement that was associating a senior government official from the ministry of interior with the death of a policeman.

The Editor-in-Chief of the Juba Monitor Newspaper, Alfred Taban Logune, told Eye Radio from Nairobi today the circumstances that led to the arrest of Mr. Koma. Mister Taban called for the immediate release of his colleague, saying he will present himself as the Editor-in-chief to the security officers. Mr. Taban said the arrest of a journalist on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day only highlighted the fact that the 2013 Press Freedom Index issued by Reporters Without Borders ranks South Sudan number at 124 out of 180 countries.

WRITER: MANDIL