Uganda: Torture, Extortion, Killings by Police

The police's Rapid Response Unit frequently operates outside the law, carrying out torture, extortion, and in some cases, extrajudicial killings, Human Rights Watch has said in a new report.

Police arrest demonstrators at Railway Grounds in Kampala on 27 July 2010.

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