Uganda: How Torture Got Mixed Up With Police Work in Uganda

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Ever since gruesome pictures of the Mayor of Kamwenge, Geoffrey Byamukama, appeared in the media, there has been great uproar. His knee caps have deep wounds and so are his ankles. His legs and arms are all bruises and wounds. (Don't laugh, but the police say it is unethical to publish such pictures!)

Cases of suspects turning out in court with fresh wounds and bruises claiming to have suffered torture at the hands of the police have been with us for a long time. Some have been maimed for life. There are other cases of those arrested never turning up again.

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