Uganda: Information on National Resistance Army (NRA) activity from 1986 to 1991; on NRA involvement in human rights abuses, and on the treatment of civilian and military prisoners in NRA custody
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 January 1996 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | UGA22238.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Uganda: Information on National Resistance Army (NRA) activity from 1986 to 1991; on NRA involvement in human rights abuses, and on the treatment of civilian and military prisoners in NRA custody, 1 January 1996, UGA22238.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ac5cc.html [accessed 1 June 2023] |
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Information on these subjects can be found in the annual reports of Amnesty International, Country Reports, the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, which critiques the entry on Uganda in Country Reports, and Uganda: The Failure to Safeguard Human Rights, a September 1992 report produced by Amnesty International. All these reports are available at Regional Documentation Centres.
For additional information, including the annual reports of Amnesty International and Country Reports not available at Regional Documentation Centres, please consult the attachments.
The attached articles from Africa Confidential and New African occasionally mention reports of human rights abuses committed by NRA soldiers, as well as descriptions of operational activities of the NRA during the period 1987-1991.
The attached article from Agence France Presse reports that the Ugandan government recognized that some NRA soldiers had committed "atrocities" during anti-rebel operations (22 May 1992.)
For information on NRA involvement in Rwanda, please consult Response to Information Request UGA22236.E of 11 January 1996, which is available at Regional Documentation Centres.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.
Reference
Agence France Presse (AFP). 22 May 1992. Epajjar Ojullu. "Ugandan Government Admits Army Atrocities in Anti-rebel Operations." (NEXIS)
Attachments
Africa Confidential [London]. 3 May 1991. Vol. 32, No. 9. "Uganda: Assault on the North," p. 8.
_____. 28 September 1990. Vol. 31, No. 19. "Uganda: A Man In No Hurry," pp. 2-4.
_____. 15 December 1989. Vol. 30, No. 25. "Uganda: Museveni's Soldiers," p. 8.
_____. 3 February 1989. Vol. 30, No. 3. "Uganda: Getting Touch in Acholi," pp. 3-4.
_____. 16 December 1988. Vol. 29, No. 25. "Uganda: Crackdown," p. 8.
_____. 23 September 1988. Vol. 29, No. 19. "Uganda: Museveni and His Men," pp. 5-7.
_____. 8 January 1988. Vol. 29, No. 1. "Uganda: Insecurity East and North," pp. 2-4.
_____. 8 July 1987. Vol. 28, No. 14. "Uganda: Military Solution," pp. 6-7.
_____. 18 March 1987. Vol. 28, No. 6. "Uganda: Settling the Karimojong," p. 7.
_____. 4 February 1987. Vol. 28, No. 3. "Uganda: False Messiah," pp. 1-2.
Agence France Presse (AFP). 22 May 1992. Epajjar Ojullu. "Ugandan Government Admits Army Atrocities in Anti-rebel Operations." (NEXIS)
Amnesty International (AI). 12 February 1992. "Uganda: 13 Prisoners of Conscience Release, 5 Remain in Prison." (AI Index: AFR 59/WU 01/92). London: Amnesty International.
_____. December 1991. Uganda: Human Rights Violations by the National Resistance Army. (AI Index: AFR 59/20/91). London: Amnesty International, pp. 1-21.
_____. 4 September 1991. Urgent Action: Uganda: Fear of Execution. (AI Index: AFR 59/19/91). London: Amnesty International.
_____. 14 May 1991. Urgent Action: Uganda: Legal Concern/Torture. (AI Index: AFR 59/13/91). London: Amnesty International.
_____. 14 May 1991. Urgent Action: Uganda: Legal Concern/Torture. (AI Index: AFR 59/12/91). London: Amnesty International.
_____. 14 May 1991. Urgent Action: Uganda: Legal Concern/Torture. (AI Index: AFR 59/11/91). London: Amnesty International.
_____. 8 May 1991. Urgent Action: Uganda: Legal Concern/Torture. (AI Index: AFR 59/10/91). London: Amnesty International.
_____. 29 April 1991. Urgent Action: Uganda: Extrajudicial Execution. (AI Index: AFR 59/09/91). London: Amnesty International.
_____. 26 April 1991. Urgent Action: Uganda: Legal Concern/Torture. (AI Index: AFR 59/08/91). London: Amnesty International.
_____. 24 April 1991. Urgent Action: Uganda: Legal Concern/Torture. (AI Index: AFR 59/07/91). London: Amnesty International.
_____. December 1990. Uganda: Death in the Countryside: Killings of Civilians by the Army in 1990. (AI Index: 59/15/90). London: Amnesty International, pp. 1-8.
_____. 11 September 1990. Urgent Action: Uganda: Legal Concern/Torture. (AI Index: AFR 59/12/90). London: Amnesty International.
_____. June 1989. Uganda: Discussions with Government Officials in April 1989. (AI Index: AFR/59/06/89). London: Amnesty International, pp. 1-3.
_____. 1989. Uganda: The Human Rights Record 1986-1989. (AI Index: AFR 59/01/89). London: Amnesty International, pp. 14-16; 24-39.
_____. 2 December 1988. Urgent Action: Uganda: Disappearance. (AI Index: AFR 59/04/88). London: Amnesty International.
_____. 1988. Amnesty International Report 1988. New York: Amnesty International, 80-83.
_____. October 1987. Uganda: Detention of Alleged Political Opponents by the National Resistance Army. (AI Index: AFR/59/05/87). London: Amnesty International, pp. 1-8.
_____. 7 September 1987. Urgent Action: Uganda: Six Children and Young People. (AI Index: AFR 59/04/87). London: Amnesty International.
_____. 21 July 1987. Urgent Action: Uganda: Legal Concern. (AI Index: AFR 59/03/87). London: Amnesty International.
_____. July 1987. Aide-Mémoire: Summary of Amnesty International's Concerns in the Republic of Uganda, pp. 1-16.
_____. 1987. Amnesty International Report 1987. New York: Amnesty International, pp. 114-17.
Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Committee on International Human Rights. 1991. Uganda at the Crossroads - A Report of on the Current Human Rights Conditions. New York: Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Committee on International Human Rights, pp. 25-40.
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 1987. 1988. United States Department of State. Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office, pp. 330-38.
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 1986. 1987. United States Department of State. Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office, pp. 344-46.
Lawyers Committee for Human Rights (LCHR). June 1988. Critique: Review of the Department of State's Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 1987. New York: LCHR.
Lawyers Committee for Human Rights (LCHR). April 1987. Critique: Review of the Department of State's Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 1986. New York: LCHR.
New African [London]. September 1991. Andrew Lycett. "Uganda: Another Crack Down," p. 23.
_____. December 1989. William Onyango. "Major Okello Kolo Assassinated," p. 35.
_____. November 1989. "Uganda: Kolo's Conversion," pp. 22-23.
_____. November 1989. Alan Rake. "Editorial: Museveni Must Act," p. 27.
_____. April 1989. Baffour Ankomah. "Uganda: NRA Accused," pp. 21-22.
_____. February 1989. Epajjar Ojulu. "Uganda: Grinding Towards Victory," p. 21.
_____. November 1988. Epajjar Ojulu. "Uganda: Acholi v Langi," pp. 20-21.
_____. October 1988. "Uganda: No Miracle from Museveni," pp. 17-18.
Teso Newsletter [London]. Autumn 1989. No. 2. "Genocide," p. 1. (DIRB Uganda Country File)
_____. Autumn 1989. No. 2. "One Month in Teso," p. 3. (DIRB Uganda Country File)
_____. Autumn 1989. No. 2. "The NRA in Teso," p. 4. (DIRB Uganda Country File)
