UN human rights experts have urged Uganda to immediately stop the brutal crackdown on the political opposition which began in the lead-up to January’s general elections and intensified after the disputed vote.
Veteran ruler Yoweri Museveni was declared winner of the election in which the campaigning period was dominated by episodes of violence and a bloody crackdown on opposition rallies.
They urged Kampala to investigate and prosecute all human rights violations, including allegations of extrajudicial killings, arbitrary arrest and detention, enforced disappearance, torture and ill treatment.
Human rights organizations have documented dozens of missing people in the East African country.
Bobi Wine’s party, the National Unity Platform (NUP) in March released a list of 243 people -mostly activists – it said had been abducted by security forces.
Some of those who were released said they were tortured and later dumped in isolated areas in the night.
President Museveni denied that security forces were holding the missing persons but later appeared to contradict himself when he said that the Special Forces Command – the presidential protection force had 53 people in its custody.
