Sudanese military prisoners are raped for rape and murder
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The Military Court has ruled over 10 civilians between seven years and a lifetime of violence in which the journalist was killed by staffing humanitarian services.
The court has ordered South Sudanese government to pay every 4,000 rape victim as compensation.
The crime occurred during an assault on a Terrain hotel in the capital Juba in 2016.
The United Nations report condemned peacekeepers for failing to respond to the assistance of victims.
Sudanese military forces have been accused of committing crimes several times since the civil war broke out in 2013 but this was the worst attack against foreign citizens.
This is the first time the military has been convicted of operating in South Sudan, the world's most catastrophic disaster in 2011.
What happened in court?
The court ordered the government to pay a repayment to the reporter John Gatluak's family as 51 compensation.
He was taking refuge in the hotel when he was killed.
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Two soldiers were convicted of killing and sentenced to life imprisonment.
Three others were convicted of robbing aid workers, four for sexual harassment and another for robbery.
They were sentenced between 7 and 14 years imprisonment.
The attack took place during the major fighting in Juba between government forces and rebels.
More than 70 people including the UN peacekeepers were killed during a three-day fight.
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Foreign donors were raped when the military invaded the hotel.
What have people said about those judgments?
A lawyer representing rape victims Issa Muzamil Sebit said his clients were not satisfied with the judgment.
The compensation they received was shameful, he added.
And lawyer Peter Maluang Deng said he was surprised by the sentence saying he would appeal.
However, Amnesty International has welcomed these judgments.
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