A government spokesman said the investigator² had published "unethical" reports which had no truth in them.

 

United Nations officials condemned³ the move, saying it violated South Sudan's legal obligations.

 

The expulsion（驱逐） could be related to a report published in August, they said, which accused the army of torture, rapes⁴, killings⁵ and abductions.

 

Human rights groups have made similar accusations⁶ against the country, which only gained independence from Sudan in July last year.

 

The expelled UN investigator was named by UN sources as Sandra Beidas.

 

Government spokesman Barnaba Marial Benjamin said the officer had been "reporting on human rights issues that she could not verify and has been publishing without justifications⁷".

 

"This is unethical," he said, but did not elaborate（详细描述） further.

 

Hilde Johnson, head of the UN mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), called the expulsion a "breach⁸ of the legal obligations of the government of the Republic of South Sudan under the Charter of the United Nations".

 

She said she had sought an explanation from the government in South Sudan's capital, Juba.

 

"Human rights monitoring, investigation and reporting, and building capacity, is a core element of the mandate⁹ of UNMISS which must be protected," she said.

 

Last month, Amnesty International published a report accusing South Sudan's security forces of committing "shocking" and widespread acts of violence against civilians¹⁰ that included killings and rapes.

 

The government responded by playing down the scale of the violations¹¹, saying they were isolated¹² cases.

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