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February 10, 2023

Uganda Shuts Down U.N. Human Rights Office Amid Reports of Persistent Rights Abuses
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In Uganda, five activists were arrested Thursday as they protested the
government's decision to close the country's U.N. human rights office.
The activists were from the group Torture Survivors Movement Uganda and
said that without the U.N. agency's presence, they felt "helpless in the
world" against actions by the government of Yoweri Museveni. This comes
just months after a U.N. committee said Ugandan forces regularly
committed human rights abuses, including torture, excessive use of
force, and arbitrary detention.


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