By.Damba Rogers
The vice
chairperson, Uganda human rights commission, Hon. Medi Mulumba is cautions human rights defender against faking
rights violation cases saying this pauses a huge economic implication to the
country’s resources envelop and image.
Speaking at
the launch of the national human rights defenders referral network in Kampala
today Hon. Mulumba stresses that a
number of human rights defenders and journalists report cases of rights
violation by security operatives but end up dropping the cases which frustrates
the protection process.
However, the
executive director national coalition of human rights defenders Robert Kirenga says, they are launching
the network at a time when the country is witnessing an increase in the number
of rights violation mainly to the human rights defenders adding that this
pauses threat to fighting for the rights of the voiceless.
Over 20
offices of human rights defenders across uganda have experienced break-ins by
un known persons with no single police report yet out despite a number of calls
from activists to the state to avail them with the reports.
Organizations
have corporate very well with the security organs during the cases by providing
footage of those who break into their offices but nothing has come out.
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