H. E. Salva Kiir Mayardit,
President of the Republic of South Sudan,
Commander in Chief of South Sudan‘s People Defense Force and the Organized Forces,
Juba, South Sudan
Dear President Kiir:
August 27, 2022 — I am Paulino Mamiir Chol. I was born in Akuar section, Twic County, Warrap State. In 1987, the Murahalin militia kidnapped me, and one of Ngok‘s men in the city of Abyei helped me escape from the Arab family at night after three months of enslavement.
In the same year, due to constant attacks by Murahalin militias against our people, I joined the Sudan People‘s Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/SPLA) in 1987. My maternal uncle Mator Malual Ayuel brought me to Ethiopia, and I was included in groups of small children. I spent over seventeen years in refugee camps in Ethiopia and Kenya as a Lost Boy.
I was a leader of the Lost Boys from 1988 until 2004. Between 1997 and 2004, I managed the resettlement of more than seven thousand Lost Boys from the Kakuma refugee camp to the United States, where more than four thousand Lost Boys went to America. However, three thousand a refugee camp because of the bribery of selling the names of the Lost Boys to other refugees. I went to America in 2004 and resided in Denver, Colorado, U.S.A.
My dear president, the primary purpose of writing this letter to you is twofold. First, I would like to express my sincere appreciation for your multiple accomplishments. Next, I request your excellency to order General Malual Awan (Majok) Chiengkuach, Chief Mabil Majok, General Majur Aleer Deng, Aleer Awan Chiengkuach, and Chiengkuach Awan Chiengkuach to bring my two kids, Nyadeng and Ayach Mamiir Chol.
PETITION 1 – READ THE FULL PETITION HERE (10 pgs)
PETITION 2 – READ THE FULL PETITION (30 pgs)
