This very important alert on the situation in Uganda is from UN News. Here is an excerpt:
“We are particularly alarmed by the reports of widespread and continued repression against opposition leaders and their supporters”, the nine experts said in a statement urging the authorities to investigate and prosecute all human rights violations.
They drew attention to allegations of extrajudicial killings, arbitrary arrest and detention, enforced disappearance, torture and ill treatment, deprivation of due process; and assault on freedom of expression and peaceful assembly.
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Several thousand people have been arrested and while some have been released, others have allegedly been tortured before appearing in military courts, the experts said.
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