South Sudanese peace activist, scholar and former political prisoner
Peter Biar Ajak (born November 21, 1983) is a South Sudanese peace activist, scholar, and former political prisoner who was arbitrarily detained in South Sudan from July 2018 to January 2020.[1] Forced to flee a South Sudanese hit squad in July 2020, he now resides in the United States,[2] where he continues to advocate for peace and democracy in South Sudan.[3] While in the United States, he has served as a visiting fellow at the Africa Center for Strategic Studies[4] and a Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellow at the National Endowment for Democracy.[5]
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^Ajak, Peter Biar. "Opinion | My Escape to America Shows the Price of Dissent in South Sudan". WSJ. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
^"Opinion | South Sudan deserves better than Salva Kiir". Washington Post. 2020-10-08. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2023-08-07.
^"Dr. Peter Biar Ajak". Africa Center for Strategic Studies. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
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PeterBiarAjak (born November 21, 1983) is a South Sudanese peace activist, scholar, and former political prisoner who was arbitrarily detained in South...
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