Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A group of volunteers in Lango and beyond have started collecting money to bail out 12 people who were arrested for violating the Covid-19 preventive guidelines. The 12 are part of 49 people who were arrested on April 9th, 2020 for breaching the nationwide curfew. …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 480 people have been arrested for defying the COVID-19 directives. They were arrested on Thursday in an operation by Joint Security Task Force- JTF commanded by Kampala Police commander, Commissioner of Police Moses Kafeero. Patrick Onyango, the Kampala Police Spokesperson said that the operation …
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Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Wednesday accused Kenyan police of killing at least six people and beating and extorting others while enforcing a dusk-to-dawn curfew imposed to halt the spread of the coronavirus. Kenya imposed the 7pm-5am lockdown from March 27. The rights watchdog said police …
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Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Mukono who were brutalized by security personnel enforcing the curfew are struggling to access treatment. The curfew was declared by President Yoweri Museveni almost a week ago as a measure to control the movement of people at a time the country is battling …
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Lango, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 12 police officers have been arrested in Lango sub-region for allegedly torturing and extorting money from civilians during the implementation of the curfew. Three officers arrested from Otuke district include the OC Station Ogwete Police outpost Julius Ocen, Patrick Ameny and constable Boniface Owiny. …
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Acholi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The brutal enforcement of the 14 days’ curfew in Uganda has provoked memories of the over two-decade armed conflict between Government and rebels in the Acholi sub-region. This follows incidences of torture, looting and beating by Local Defense Unit (LDUs) and Police backed by Uganda …
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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lack of personal protective equipment is worrying security personnel enforcing public guidelines against COVID-19 in Gulu. Hundreds of armed police officers backed by Local Defense Units (LDU) personnel and Uganda People’s Defense Force – UPDF are enforcing the 14-days curfew to combat the pandemic …
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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A group of armed youths masquerading as Local Defence Unit personnel are taking advantage of curfew to brutalize residents of Gulu Municipality in Northern Uganda. The curfew was declared by President Yoweri Museveni a week ago as a measure to control the movement of people …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A joint security task team of senior UPDF and UPF officers is investigating the alleged aggravated torture of several women and a few men who were being accused of flouting curfew orders and the ban on public spaces. The incident occurred on the 2nd /4/2020, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | We further inform the public that as we continue to monitor the behavior of the population we have noticed that there are still a few people taking risks by failing to stay at home, violating the ban on public gatherings of not more than 5 people, …
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