Ugandan President Blames Police Brutality on Besigye
President Yoweri Museveni is accusing opposition leader Kizza Besigye of "indiscipline and lawlessness."
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Uganda:
Law Society to Offer Legal Aid to Brutality Victims
Monitor, 2 August 2016
The law society has promised to deal with specific incidents of police brutality by offering free legal services to those wronged, a move aimed at bringing the culprits to book. Read more »
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Uganda:
Brutality - Officers Complain About Commanders Not Charged
Observer, 1 August 2016
With the police under intense scrutiny over brutality in handling opposition supporters, some officers are asking why some commanders in problematic areas were charged while others… Read more »
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Uganda:
Operative Seen Kicking Besigye Fan Unmasked
Monitor, 2 August 2016
The man recorded in a video by NTV Uganda, kicking a cheering supporter of opposition leader Dr Kizza Besigye after a police patrol car knocked him off the road has always worked… Read more »
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Uganda:
Police Boss Kayihura Has Not Been Summoned
Monitor, 2 August 2016
Police have accused the private prosecutors, who dragged the Inspector General of Police and seven other senior officers to court over torture of supporters of Opposition leader,… Read more »
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Uganda:
20 Lawyers to Prosecute Police Boss Kayihura
Monitor, 1 August 2016
With barely a week remaining for the much awaited court appearance of the Inspector General of Police, Gen Kale Kayihura, to plead to the charges of torture in connection with the… Read more »
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Uganda:
New Video Shows Police Knocking Down Besigye Supporter
Observer, 30 July 2016
Even before the conclusion of a trial in the police disciplinary court in which several police commanders and their juniors are accused of brutally beating Dr Kizza Besigye… Read more »
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Uganda:
Ruhweza Pins Junior Commander for Beating Besigye Supporters
Observer, 30 July 2016
Assistant Commissioner of Police (ASP) James Ruhweza has pinned his junior commander, superintendent of Police Moses Nanoka and his escort Robert Wanzala in the on-going trial for… Read more »
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Uganda:
Priest Blames Religious Leaders for Silence On Police Brutality
Monitor, 30 July 2016
The chairman Kick Corruption out of Kigezi, also the parish priest for Kitanga Catholic parish in Kabale District, Fr Gaetano Batanyenda, has challenged religious leaders in Uganda… Read more »
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Inspector General of Police, General Kale Kayihura has been summoned to appear in court to answer to the charges laid against him and seven other senior officers in connection with ... Read more »