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Sunday 15 May 2011

Rights report faults Uganda

The UPDF has been cited in the report for violating human rights.
The UPDF has been cited in the report for violating human rights.
Just two days after President Museveni swore in for a fourth term in office, Amnesty International, (AI) a US-based human rights watchdog has released its 2011 global human rights report depicting Uganda in bad light.
The report 2011, released on Friday, documents various human rights violations by law enforcement agencies, including unlawful killings and torture, electoral violence, threats to free expression and assembly, violence against gender and sexual minorities.
On the eve of his swearing-in on Wednesday, the organisation issued an advisory urging the President to give priority in addressing similar vices in his new term.
http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/-/688334/1162710/-/c1jet1z/-/index.html