Freedom of peaceful assembly

Updated: December 19, 2024

Victim(s): Unnamed

Group Identity: Group

Alleged Perpetrator: Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF)

Category: Freedom of peaceful assembly

No. of people affected: 5000

Source: Uganda Radio Network; Weekly Observer; Human Rights Watch; France24; Independent (Uganda); Daily Monitor (Uganda); New Vision (Uganda)

Description

Thousands of NUP supporters protested in several locations in Kampala after Robert Kyagulanyi (Bobi Wine, MP) was arrested the previous day. Police, UPDF, LDU paramilitaries and unknown armed men in civilian attire used live rounds, beatings and tear gas, killing at least 49 in Kampala and wounding over 100 (dozens seriously) across two days of […]

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