Torture in Uganda
- Download PDF (224 Kb)
- Purchase online
Related Material
Human Rights in Uganda
Acknowledgments
Glossary of Acronyms
Summary
Recommendations
To the Government of Uganda
To the Judiciary
To the Ugandan Medical Profession and Its Relevant Associations
To Donor Countries
To the United Nations (U.N.) Commission on Human Rights and the African Commission on Human and Peoplesâ Rights
Background
2001 Presidential Elections
Rebel Groups in Uganda
Treason and Terrorism Laws
Amnesty
Who Detains and Tortures: The Security Forces
Cases of Torture and Arbitrary Detention
Alleged Political Cases
Alleged Besigye Supporters/Peopleâs Redemption Army (PRA)
James
Adele and Ezekiel
Charles Ekemu
Lawyer Mugisha Kafureeka
Dan Mugarura
Patrick Mamenero
Alleged Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) followers
Rasheed Kawawa
Congolese Prisoner Isaac Kambesa
Martin
Mary
Hassan
Alleged National Democratic Alliance (NDA) followers
Dr. Steven Wilson Mukama
Ibrahim Bullu Lubega
George Kasozi
Lt. Bukenya Gonzaga and Others
Alleged Lordâs Resistance Army (LRA) followers
The Gulu Prisoners
Torture Leads to Castration
Derrick
Nicholas Luzinda
Nonpolitical Cases: âOperation Wembleyâ
Christopher Egesa Ochieng
Joseph Kizza Kibaate
Ibrahim Lwere
Ugandans detained in Ituri, DRC
The Conditions for Torture: Safe Houses and Arbitrary Detention
Unacknowledged And Unauthorized Places Of Detention: Safe Houses
No Reasonable or Probable Cause
Forty-Eight Hour Law for Charging Detainees Routinely Broken
Bail and Habeas Corpus Inaccessible: Shortage of Defense Lawyers
Lack of Access to Medical Treatment
Right of Access to Family Members Denied
Use of Confession Evidence
Compounding the Abuse: Prolonged Detention, Courts Martial
360-day Detention Before Setting a Date for Trial
Prolonged Detention Awaiting Trial: As Years Go Byâ
Civilians Tried in Courts Martial
The State Response
Parliament
Uganda Human Rights Commission
Civil Suits for Damages for Torture
Appendix A: Letter from Colonel Noble Mayombo, CMI, to Human Rights Watch, received March 13, 2004
March 2004 ÂÂÂ Vol. 16, No. 4 (A)
"The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth becomes the greatest enemy of the state."
- Dr. Joseph M. Goebbels - Hitler's propaganda minister
