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Uganda: One Year Later, No Justice for Victims of Lethal Clampdown - Human Rights Watch
HRW, 18 November 2021
More Effort Needed to Ensure Transparent Accountability and Compensation Read more »
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Uganda: Uganda Needs Police Oversight Commission
Monitor, 2 December 2020
The death of more than 50 people as a result of protests action in Uganda has shocked the nation and the world. Protests erupted on November 18 following the arrest of Opposition… Read more »
One Year On, No Justice for Victims of Uganda's Lethal Clampdown
It has been a year since Ugandan security forces brutally clamped down on people protesting the arrest of opposition politician Robert Kyagulanyi, better known as Bobi Wine, killing 54 people, and injuring scores more. On November 18, 2020, two months ahead of Uganda's general elections, security forces arrested Wine, as he prepared to hold a campaign rally in Luuka, Eastern Uganda.
The police said they had arrested him for breaching Covid-19 regulations, but Human Rights Watch say it was clear that authorities were using the pandemic as a pretext to clamp down on opposition during the election campaigns. The lobby group says Ugandan government should take meaningful steps to show that it is serious about upholding human rights and the rule of law by ensuring justice for the November 2020 violence.
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A month into campaigning, this is already the bloodiest general election in Uganda's history with more than 50 people shot dead last month. Uganda police have, through operations ... Read more »
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Violent clashes between Ugandan security forces and people protesting against the latest arrest of presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine, have left ... Read more »
This photo taken on November 18, 2020 shows police manhandling one of Robert Kyagulanyi's supporters near Nalufenya police post in Jinja where he [Kyagulanyi] was taken after his arrest (file photo)
