source: BBC News; Guardian (United Kingdom)
actor1: Military Forces of South Sudan (2011-)
actor2: N/A
location: Juba
notes: Non-violent activity: On September 6th, a military court found 10 SPLA soldiers guilty of involvement in the events at the Terrain Hotel in Juba in July 2016 (in which five international NGO staff were raped; a South Sudanese journalist was murdered; and scores of residents beaten). Two of the soldiers were sentenced to life imprisonment, and the other eight given sentances of between 7-14 years for their involvement. One soldier was acquitted, and another had died before the trial. Compensation to the rape victims, the family of the journalist, and to the hotel owner, was also awarded.