State of Pain:
Torture in Uganda

Acknowledgments

Glossary of Acronyms


1. Summary
   
   
2. 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
     
     
3. Background
   • 2001 Presidential Elections
   • Rebel Groups in Uganda
   • Treason and Terrorism Laws
   • Amnesty
   • Who Detains and Tortures: The Security Forces
     
     
4. Cases of Torture and Arbitrary Detention
   • Alleged Political Cases
     • Alleged Besigye Supporters/People’s Redemption Army (PRA)
       • James
       • Adele and Ezekiel
       • Charles Ekemu
       • Lawyer Mugisha Kafureeka
       • Dan Mugarura
       • Patrick Mamenero
     • Alleged Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) followers
       • Rasheed Kawawa
       • Congolese Prisoner Isaac Kambesa
       • Martin
       • Mary
       • Hassan
     • Alleged National Democratic Alliance (NDA) followers
       • Dr. Steven Wilson Mukama
       • Ibrahim Bullu Lubega
       • George Kasozi
       • Lt. Bukenya Gonzaga and Others
     • Alleged Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) followers
       • The Gulu Prisoners
     • Torture Leads to Castration
       • Derrick
       • Nicholas Luzinda
   • Nonpolitical Cases: “Operation Wembley”
     • Christopher Egesa Ochieng
     • Joseph Kizza Kibaate
     • Ibrahim Lwere
   • Ugandans detained in Ituri, DRC
     
     
5. 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
     
     
6. 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
     
     
7. 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

March 2004     Vol. 16, No. 4 (A)