New report pins Ugandan govt on brutality, killings

HRW added that police “unjustifiably block, restrict, and disperse peaceful assemblies and demonstrations by opposition groups, relying on the vague and overbroad 2013 Public Order Management Act (POMA), which grants police wide discretionary powers over public and private gatherings”. The report cites numerous incidents, including the arrest and detention of 56 members of the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party for three days on charges of holding an “unlawful assembly” at a private home on the outskirts of Kampala. “In contrast,” the report notes, “in August and September 2017, police in Arua, West Nile and Kabale escorted demonstrators advocating in favour of the constitutional amendment.” This was the period government was drumming up support for its move to amend Article 102b of the Constitution to scrap the presidential age limit that would bar President Museveni from standing for re-election in 2021 due to overage. (NMG)

New report pins Ugandan govt on brutality, killings

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