Article 5RXNH Ugandan children held in prison for months after crackdown on opposition

Ugandan children held in prison for months after crackdown on opposition

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Jason Burke and Samuel Okiror in Kampala
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Victims describe systematic physical abuse, denial of basic legal rights and appalling conditions

Ugandan security services held children for months in prisons after successive crackdowns against opposition activists earlier this year, witnesses and victims have said.

Adults and children described systematic physical abuse, denial of basic legal rights and appalling conditions as they waited for trial on charges they claim were fabricated.

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