HRW urges Uganda to shut illegal detention sites used for torture

Victims told HRW about being bundled into vans known as "drones", which are associated with abductions of government opponents in Uganda, before being taken to secret detention sites supervised by the ISO

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Kakwenza Rukirabashaija fled to Germany last month to seek medical treatment after allegedly having been tortured following his detention. Courtesy photo
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Uganda's government must stop using illegal detention centres as a weapon against dissidents and close the facilities, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Tuesday in a report documenting the prevalence of