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State of Pain: Torture in Uganda
Acknowledgments
Glossary of
Acronyms
I. Summary
II. Recommendations
To the
Government of Uganda:
To the
Judiciary:
To the
Ugandan Medical Profession and Its Relevant Associations:
To Donor
Countries:
To the United
Nations (U.N.) Commission on Human Rights and the African Commission on Human
and Peoples' Rights:
III.
Background
2001
Presidential Elections
Rebel Groups
in Uganda
Treason and
Terrorism Laws
Amnesty
Who Detains
and Tortures: The Security Forces
IV. Cases of
Torture and Arbitrary Detention
Alleged
Political Cases
Alleged
Besigye Supporters/People's Redemption Army (PRA)
Alleged
Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) followers
Alleged
National Democratic Alliance (NDA) followers
Alleged
Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) followers
Torture Leads
to Castration
Nonpolitical
Cases: "Operation Wembley"
Ugandans
detained in Ituri, DRC..
V. The
Conditions for Torture: Safe Houses and Arbitrary Detention
Unacknowledged
And Unauthorized Places Of Detention: Safe Houses
No Reasonable
or Probable Cause
Forty-Eight
Hour Law for Charging Detainees Routinely Broken
Bail and
Habeas Corpus Inaccessible: Shortage of Defense Lawyers
Lack of
Access to Medical Treatment
Right of
Access to Family Members Denied
Use of
Confession Evidence
VI.
Compounding the Abuse: Prolonged Detention, Courts Martial
360-day
Detention Before Setting a Date for Trial
Prolonged
Detention Awaiting Trial: As Years Go By…....
Civilians
Tried in Courts Martial
VII. The
State Response
Parliament
Uganda Human
Rights Commission
Civil Suits
for Damages for Torture
Appendix A:
Letter from Colonel Noble Mayombo, CMI, to Human Rights Watch, received March 13,
2004
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