Archbishop Paulino Lukudu Loro of Juba, South Sudan, has recommended a
presidential pardon for all political prisoners, as a means of kindling
a “national dialogue” that might avert further bloodshed in the
troubled African nation.The archbishop welcomed a bid by President Salva Kiir to begin talks with political opponents, but said that a pardon would demonstrate the attitude of forgiveness that is a condition for successful dialogue.
He called for pardons for “all political prisoners as well as others arrested for minor offenses, others who may have been arrested because of rumor-mongering and propaganda.”