Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament on the Committee on Human Rights are concerned about the way inmates are paid after they have offered manual labour outside the prisons. The legislators raised the concerns while meeting officials from the Uganda Prison Service. The meeting on Tuesday, 26 July 2022, …
Read More »Wanted armed robber beaten to comma in Gulu city, gun recovered
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A suspected armed motorcycle robber in Gulu city is fighting for his life after being beaten to pulp by an angry mob. The suspect, whose identity has been established as Samuel Akena, was beaten into coma by a mob from Green Valley cell in Green …
Read More »MPs to visit detention facilities to probe torture allegations
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament sitting on the Human Rights Committee intend to visit all government detention facilities in order to investigate allegations of gross human rights violation. The Committee chairperson, Fox Odoi Oywelowo on Thursday, 24 February 2022 informed the officials from Uganda Prisons Service of the …
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