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By Eddie Ssejjoba
The Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) has blasted Operation Wembley and other state owned security agencies saying they had plunged the country into anarchy through torture of suspects which had denied several, people their right to life.
The commissioner in charge of the central region, Veronica Bichetero (pictured), said the alleged ongoing notorious acts by the Operation Wembly and the Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence (CMI) had taken Uganda back to the dark days of the past regimes of Idi Amin and Milton Obote where sanctioned extremist security organs like NASA institutionalised torture of suspects.
She was on Friday addressing non-commissioned Police officers of Sembabule district during a workshop on community policing and human rights.
She said the UHRC had several cases pinning Operation Wembly for taking away people’s lives, being used to settle personal grudges, extortion of money and expensive items like cars from suspects. They are also accused of arrest and torture of political opponents and spouses and relatives suffering for actions of suspects.
“I know President Museveni is not happy with the notorious acts against the public that have caused countrywide outcry for gross violation human rights. But why should we allow such actions to go on in the country when we have in place bodies like ours that are there to prevent the violations?” she asked.
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Published on: Tuesday, 25th February, 2003 |
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“We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the vitriolic words and actions of bad people but also for the appalling silence of good people". M.L.King
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