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February 9, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Protesting Elections Is No Excuse for Lethal Force

Police arrest a man with a child in a suburb of Kampala on September 11, 2009.
January 12, 2016 News Release

Uganda: Suspend ‘Crime Preventers’

Massive Unregulated Force Threatens Election Security

Uganda Tweet
January 10, 2016 News Release

Uganda: Intimidation of Media, Civic Groups

Free Expression, Association Crucial to Free, Fair Election

Employees of the Daily Monitor newspaper with their mouths taped shut, sing slogans during a protest against the closure of their premises by the Uganda government, outside their offices in the capital Kampala May 20, 2013.
November 8, 2015 News Release

Uganda: Ensure Free and Fair Elections

Unimpeded Media, Police Accountability Critical to Campaigns

Ugandan poll workers count ballot papers at Nakasero Market polling station in Uganda’s capital Kampala on February 18, 2011.
October 18, 2015 News Release

Uganda: End Police Obstruction of Gatherings

Teargas, Brutality Threaten Free Assembly as Elections Loom

Anti-riot police fire canisters of colored teargas to disperse supporters of opposition Forum for Democratic Change during a procession to welcome their leader Kizza Besigye in Kampala on May 12, 2011.
October 14, 2015 Dispatches

Dispatches: Police Brutality Spells Trouble for Uganda’s Elections

Uganda elections protest
April 13, 2015 Commentary

Uganda's 2016 Election

September 9, 2013 Dispatches

Dispatches: In Uganda, Killers of Protesters Remain Free

June 18, 2013 Commentary

Uganda: Museveni's 10,000 Days in Power

Foreign allies must speak out now to prevent future regional instability

November 1, 2010 News Release

Uganda: Keep Election Campaign Free of Abuses

Prosecute Past Political Violence; Stop Intimidation of Media

December 4, 2009 News Release

Uganda: Ensure Accountability for Election Violence

Parliament Should Amend Laws to Remove Obstacles to Prosecutions

October 1, 2009 News Release

Uganda: Investigate Use of Lethal Force During Riots

No Lethal Force Necessary in at Least 13 Fatal Shootings

March 5, 2007 News Release

Uganda: Government Gunmen Storm High Court Again

Security Forces Used to Intimidate Judiciary in Case of “PRA Suspects”

March 2, 2006 News Release

Uganda: Election Irregularities Require Judicial Probe

Government Must Not Interfere in Judiciary’s Review of Credible Allegations

February 21, 2006 News Release

Uganda: Risk of Violence as Election Approaches

Political Leaders Must Call for Calm; Electoral Commission Must Be Impartial

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