THIS WEEK: Uganda Police rebuked on UN Torture Survivors Day As Uganda commemorated the United Nations International Day in Support of Survivors of Torture on June 26 at CHOGM Square grounds, various speakers issued a stern warning to the Uganda Police over its unabated brutality and torture of innocent civilians …
Read More »Rights Body investigates Kasese clashes
Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) has commenced investigations into the killings in Kasese that claimed over 60 people. UHRC issued a statement saying it will make public its findings as per a directive from the Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga. The commission sent a team to Kasese on Nov 29 …
Read More »UHRC launches pre-trial detention guidelines
By Joan Akello Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) officials say more than half of the inmates in prisons are on remand awaiting trial therefore the need for the institutions in the Justice Law and Order Sector (JLOS) to implement the guidelines adopted from the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ …
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