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Police officers using excessive force should face trial in court – IGP

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Police Court will no longer try any police officer accused of using excessive force during operations. This is according to new directives issued by the Inspector General of Police Martin Ochola. In response to President Yoweri Museveni’s address where he condemned individual security officers …

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SECURITY: Museveni warns forces on torture

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has warned security forces against torturing people. Speaking on Saturday at Nakasero State Lodge, Museveni said nobody should be in the uniform if he doesn’t respect the people of Uganda. “Don’t bark at people that are not a people’s army, …

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MP Francis Zaake awarded UGX 75m for torture

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court in Kampala has ordered the government to compensate  Mityana Municipality Member of Parliament Francis Zaake with 75 million Shillings for the torture inflicted on him while in state custody. The order issued by Justice Esta Nambayo arises from a case in which …

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Jamil Mukulu accuses officer of torture at Luzira prisons

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Jamil Mukulu, the leader of the Allied Democratic Forces-ADF has said he’s being subjected to untold suffering and degrading treatment at Luzira maximum prison where he’s currently on remand on the charges of terrorism, aggravated robbery, murder and aiding and abetting terrorism. In a letter …

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Nakasongola, Luwero Kadhis condemn torture of Katumba suspects

Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The District Kadhis for Greater Luwero Muslim districts have condemned the killings and torture of suspects accused of participating in the shooting of former Chief of Defense Forces-CDF General Katumba Wamala. Last month, the assassins killed Katumba’s daughter Brenda Nantongo and driver Haruna Kayondo along …

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Does the state kill its own cases by torturing suspects?

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Last week, five suspects who were arrested over the attempted assassination of former Chief of Defense Forces Gen Edward Katumba Wamala and double murder of his daughter and driver, appeared at Nakawa Magistrates Court seemingly in pain from injuries sustained while in custody of government …

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Tortured Katumba shooting suspects undergoing treatment – Prisons

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Prisons Services-UPS has said the suspects in the assassination attempt of Gen. Katumba Wamala are currently undergoing treatment at Kitalya prison where they were remanded last week. Last week, the five suspected people who are allegedly connected to the shooting that led to …

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