Uganda: Mob Justice Cases Expected to Increase

23 September 2009

Kampala — CASES of mob justice in Uganda are likely to rise this year, a report by the Foundation for Human Rights Initiative, has indicated. The report launched on Wednesday at Hotel Africana in Kampala, showed that from January to June this year, 199 cases of mob justice had been reported.

Quoting the Police crime statistics, the report says mob justice cases increased to 368 in 2008 from 187 in 2007, which is a 100% rise.

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