According to media rights groups, six journalists in South Sudan have been detained over the distribution of footage purporting to show President Salva Kiir peeing himself.
In December, a video uploaded on social media purported to show Mr Kiir peeing on himself while the national anthem played at a gathering.
This week, six employees of the state broadcaster were detained.
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is now advocating for their release.
Patrick Oyet, president of the South Sudan Union of Journalists, told Reuters that the journalists "are suspected of having knowledge on how the video of the president urinating himself came out".
According to the South Sudan Broadcasting Corporation (SSBC), the tape was never aired.
The arrests match "a pattern of security personnel resorting to arbitrary detention whenever officials deem coverage unfavourable", said CPJ's sub-Saharan Africa representative, Muthoki Mumo, calling for their unconditional release.
According to South Sudan Information Minister Michael Makuei, people should wait to find out why the journalists were jailed.
Human rights organisations have repeatedly urged South Sudanese authorities to stop harassing and threatening journalists.
In 2011, Mr Kiir became the first President of South Sudan, Africa's newest country.
However, the country has been through a number of catastrophes since then, including deadly combat, political unrest, natural disasters, and starvation.