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WARRAP – Women and men in chains approach an improvised justice bench next to the main prison in Lietnhom, the county headquarters of Gogrial East, Warrap. Exhaustion is writ large on their faces.
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In South Sudan, access to justice can't be taken for granted, as communities from remote Lietnhom can testify. Many of them have been detained for months or years without knowledge of any crime they may have committed. But, an UNMISS-facilitated case review has brought a ray of hope and marks the start of a long-delayed, comprehensive justice reform here. Photo by Zejin Yin/UNMISS
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