From safe houses to detention centres: Uganda state goons ‘act with impunity’
Human rights group reports state-sponsored arbitrary arrests, illegal detention and abuse of detainees in ‘safe houses’ intended to protect witnesses
22 March 2022 - 21:50
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni should close all unauthorised detention centres, Human Rights Watch said in a new report alleging state-sponsored abuses in the East African nation...
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