Uganda: Information on human rights violations against northerners associated with the Obote regime by the present government
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 August 1990 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | UGA6388 |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Uganda: Information on human rights violations against northerners associated with the Obote regime by the present government, 1 August 1990, UGA6388, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ac4a64.html [accessed 1 June 2023] |
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Amnesty International has published reports which indicate that since the government of President Yoweri Museveni came to power, former Obote supporters, particularly members of the Northern Acholi and Langi tribes, have been detained or killed (New African, November 1989). The government has also reportedly mistreated people from the districts of Teso, Kumi, and Soroti in the eastern province (Ibid.).
Africa Research Bulletin of February 1990 reported that among the forty-three army officers reportedly detained on charges of treason who appeared in court in January 1990, two were ex-President Obote's former army chief of staff, Brigadier Smith Opon Acak and a former army major, Olwol. The two were remanded in custody (Ibid).
President Museveni's armed forces have committed acts of aggression and murder of innocent civilians in the northern and eastern parts of Uganda, allegedly for aiding rebels. This issue is widely covered in the excerpts listed below.
For a detailed account of human rights violations against
northerners please refer to the enclosed articles:
"Camps Assailed", Globe and Mail, 27 July 1990.
"Des milliers de morts dans des camps de prisonniers en Ouganda", La Presse, 27 juillet 1990.
"Uganda: Treason Charge", Africa Research Bulletin, 15 February 1990.
"Museveni Must Act", New African, November 1990.
"Kolo's Conversion", New African, November 1990.
Amnesty International. "Amnesty International Calls for Investigation into Increasing Reports of Killings and Torture in Uganda". (AI Index: AFR 59/04/89)
"Torture, Killings, Rising in Uganda, Rights Group Says", Associated Press, 17-23 March, 1989.
"Uganda: Getting Tough in Acholi", Africa Confidential, 3 February 1989.
U.S. Department of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 1989, Washington: U.S. Government Printers, 1990, pp. 402-412.
Bibliography
Amnesty International. Amnesty International Report, London: Amnesty International Publications, 1990, pp. 241-243.
"Uganda: Treason Charge", Africa Research Bulletin, 15 February 1990.
New African, London: Dar es Salaam, November 1990.
