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Uganda: Hundreds 'Disappeared,' Tortured, Says New Report
HRW, 22 March 2022
The Ugandan government has failed to hold to account security officials, who have unlawfully detained and tortured hundreds of government critics, opposition supporters, peaceful… Read more »
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Uganda: How the Ugandan State Outsources the Use of Violence to Stay in Power
The Conversation Africa, 10 April 2022
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Hundreds of People Tortured, Missing In Uganda - HRW
The Ugandan government has failed to hold to account security officials, who have unlawfully detained and tortured hundreds of government critics, opposition supporters, peaceful protesters, and others, Human Rights Watch has said in a report.
The 98-page report - "I Only Need Justice: Unlawful Detention and Abuse in Unauthorized Places of Detention in Uganda - documents enforced disappearances, arbitrary arrests, unlawful detention, torture, and other ill-treatment by the police, army, military intelligence, and Uganda's domestic intelligence body, the Internal Security Organisation (ISO). Most of the abuses took place in unlawful places of detention - "safe houses" - in 2018, 2019, and around the time of the January 2021 general elections.
The lobby group is calling on the government of Uganda to immediately close all so-called safe houses and other unauthorised detention centres or bring them promptly to court to face charges.
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22 March 2022
“I Only Need Justice” - Unlawful Detention and Abuse in Unauthorized Places of Detention in Uganda
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Since at least 2018, Ugandan security forces have unlawfully detained and tortured many people, including government critics and opposition ... see more »
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Uganda: Opposition Launches Complaints Book for Victims of Human Rights Violations
Independent (Kampala), 12 February 2022
The Opposition in Parliament has launched a complaints book for constituents to register cases of missing persons, torture and other acts of human rights violation. Read more »
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Human Rights Watch report released on 23 March titled “I Only Need Justice” - Unlawful Detention and Abuse in Unauthorized Places of Detention in Uganda.
