Amnesty questions Uganda’s human rights record
May 28, 2008
THE Ugandan Government is failing to tackle human rights abuses around the country, according to Amnesty International.
By Barbara Among
THE Ugandan Government is failing to tackle human rights abuses around the country, according to Amnesty International.
The group noted in its annual report released yesterday that there was widespread inhuman and degrading treatment by law enforcers and restriction to freedom of assembly.
“The report highlights the fact that governments, including the Ugandan government, have failed to live up to the promises made in the human rights declaration,†said Dr. Godfrey Odongo, the researcher for East Africa.
Amnesty pointed to the inadequate access to justice by female victims of sexual and gender-based violence and impunity for the perpetrators of torture.
Government should abolish the death penalty and ensure accountability for human rights abuses whether by state officials or private individuals, stated the global rights watchdog.
“We urge the Government to address the human rights failures stated in the report,†said Odongo.
The report, which covers 150 countries, was launched yesterday to mark the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which was adopted on December 10, 1948.
THE Ugandan Government is failing to tackle human rights abuses around the country, according to Amnesty International.
The group noted in its annual report released yesterday that there was widespread inhuman and degrading treatment by law enforcers and restriction to freedom of assembly.
“The report highlights the fact that governments, including the Ugandan government, have failed to live up to the promises made in the human rights declaration,†said Dr. Godfrey Odongo, the researcher for East Africa.
Amnesty pointed to the inadequate access to justice by female victims of sexual and gender-based violence and impunity for the perpetrators of torture.
Government should abolish the death penalty and ensure accountability for human rights abuses whether by state officials or private individuals, stated the global rights watchdog.
“We urge the Government to address the human rights failures stated in the report,†said Odongo.
The report, which covers 150 countries, was launched yesterday to mark the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which was adopted on December 10, 1948.