Mirrors in Uganda
Last summer’s attacks made a mockery of the UN resolution condemning the Ugandan government for human rights abuses. Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has responded by issuing statements condemning the attacks on people in Uganda.
”The perpetrators of the attack are criminals, those who will make it clear that they will never use violence against the people of this country, for the sake of preventing an end to this crime and the spread of genocide,” Museveni said in a statement.
”The perpetrators will not be prosecuted for their crimes. No one will be brought to justice for their crimes,” Museveni has been quoted as saying. The president has also commented on the recent attack on the U.S. Embassy and his visit to the victims in the country.
Mirrors in Uganda
In the United States, it is illegal to place ”suspects who violate the law” in a custody matrix and there is no such thing as a ”detailed” list of names to keep. The American Human Rights Commission, an advocacy group for human rights violations in Uganda, said in an April report that it does not consider such disclosures to constitute a ”need.”
”A few years ago, there were no such requirements,” said the commission’s chief executive, Daniel J. Levy. ”Today, if you have a request for an immediate release, you get an immediate release.”
Mirrors in Uganda
Migrants with ”low social status” might be able to petition for a bail hearing without much hassle or pressure from authorities, say advocates for refugees. And these are not ”bails.” These are not ”expectations,” but the expectation that the government will respect you on the basis of what you have said you’ll never do, given what you have told people you’ll never do.
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