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Torture by Security Forces Ugandan security and military forces continue to use “safe houses,” unauthorized secret detention centers, and, increasingly, civilian police facilities to detain and torture suspected rebels and dissidents. In April 2006, Abdu Semugenyi, after being accused of being associated with the rebel group Allied Democratic Forces, was detained in a “safe house” maintained by the Joint Anti-Terrorist Task Force in an upscale neighborhood of Kampala. Other individuals detained in the “safe house,” some of whom were also tortured, witnessed Semugenyi’s torture and one reported that Semugenyi was electrocuted to death on May 4, 2006. Although the authorities first denied holding Semugenyi, they later claimed in press reports that he was killed while trying to escape. His body has not been recovered by his family. Full report http://hrw.org/englishwr2k7/docs/2007/01/11/uganda14719.htm |
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