Uganda Police Brutality May Undermine 2016 Vote, Group Says
- Human Rights Watch warns of abuses before presidential vote
- Presidential contender Kizza Besigye arrested on Thursday
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Ugandan police brutality against government opponents risks undermining the credibility of the East African nation’s 2016 elections, Human Rights Watch said, shortly before a presidential contender was arrested for planning to attend rallies.
Arrests of opposition activists and dispersals of their gatherings deny the population the right to hear divergent views, Maria Burnett, a senior Africa researcher with the New York-based advocacy group, said in an e-mailed statement.