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UGANDA COUNTRY of ORIGIN INFORMATION (COI) REPORT COI Service UGANDA COUNTRY OF ORIGIN INFORMATION (COI) REPORT COI Service Date 20 April 2011 UGANDA DATE Contents Preface Latest News EVENTS IN UGANDA FROM 3 FEBRUARY TO 20 APRIL 2011 Useful news sources for further information REPORTS ON UGANDA PUBLISHED OR ACCESSED BETWEEN 3 FEBRUARY AND 20 APRIL 2011 Paragraphs Background Information 1. GEOGRAPHY ............................................................................................................ 1.01 Map ........................................................................................................................ 1.06 2. ECONOMY ................................................................................................................ 2.01 3. HISTORY .................................................................................................................. 3.01 Political developments: 1962 – early 2011 ......................................................... 3.01 Conflict with Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA): 1986 to 2010.............................. 3.07 Amnesty for rebels (Including LRA combatants) .............................................. 3.09 4. RECENT DEVELOPMENTS ........................................................................................... 4.01 Kampala bombings July 2010 ............................................................................. 4.01 5. CONSTITUTION.......................................................................................................... 5.01 6. POLITICAL SYSTEM ................................................................................................... 6.01 Executive Branch ................................................................................................. 6.02 Legislative Branch................................................................................................ 6.03 Political parties..................................................................................................... 6.06 Human Rights 7. INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................... 7.01 8. SECURITY FORCES .................................................................................................... 8.01 Police..................................................................................................................... 8.03 Armed forces ........................................................................................................ 8.09 Other government forces..................................................................................... 8.12 Joint Anti-Terrorism Task Force (JATT)............................................................. 8.14 Human rights violations by government forces ................................................ 8.16 Arbitrary arrest and detention............................................................................. 8.19 Torture, ill-treatment and the use of excessive force.......................................... 8.27 Extra-judicial killings and disappearances.......................................................... 8.35 Avenues of complaint .......................................................................................... 8.40 Uganda Police Force human rights desk............................................................ 8.44 Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC)..................................................... 8.45 9. JUDICIARY................................................................................................................ 9.01 Organisation ......................................................................................................... 9.01 Independence ....................................................................................................... 9.03 Fair trial ................................................................................................................. 9.09 Penal code ............................................................................................................ 9.13 10. ARREST AND DETENTION – LEGAL RIGHTS .................................................................. 10.01 11. CONDITIONS IN PRISON AND OTHER PLACES OF DETENTION .......................................... 11.01 ii The main text of this COI Report contains the most up to date publicly available information as at 2 February 2011. Further brief information on recent events and reports has been provided in the Latest News section to 20 April 2011. 20 APRIL 2011 UGANDA Female prisoners.................................................................................................. 11.15 Children................................................................................................................. 11.17 12. DEATH PENALTY ....................................................................................................... 12.01 13. POLITICAL AFFILIATION ............................................................................................. 13.01 Freedom of political expression.......................................................................... 13.01 Freedom of association and assembly............................................................... 13.05 Political groups and parties ................................................................................ 13.07 FDC: Forum for Democratic Change.................................................................. 13.07 14. FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND MEDIA............................................................................... 14.01 Media laws ........................................................................................................... 14.06 Television and radio broadcasts......................................................................... 14.07 Journalists............................................................................................................ 14.08 Internet freedom ................................................................................................... 14.11 15. Human rights institutions, organisations and activists ............................................ 15.01 Uganda human rights commission..................................................................... 15.04 16. CORRUPTION............................................................................................................ 16.01 17. RELIGIOUS GROUPS................................................................................................... 17.01 Demography ......................................................................................................... 17.01 Legal rights ........................................................................................................... 17.02 Position/treatment of religious groups............................................................... 17.06 18. ETHNIC GROUPS ....................................................................................................... 18.01 Demography ......................................................................................................... 18.01 Legal rights ........................................................................................................... 18.02 Position/treatment of groups .............................................................................. 18.03 Batwa..................................................................................................................... 18.04 Karamoja ............................................................................................................... 18.05 19. LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER PERSONS (LGBT) ................................. 19.01 Legal rights ........................................................................................................... 19.01 LGB persons......................................................................................................... 19.03 Anti-Homosexuality Bill ....................................................................................... 19.09 2011 Update on the Bill...................................................................................... 19.17 Transgender persons........................................................................................... 19.18 Treatment by, and attitudes of, state authorities............................................... 19.19 Societal treatment and attitudes ......................................................................... 19.24 Rolling Stone newspaper ................................................................................... 19.29 LGBT groups ........................................................................................................ 19.34 Freedom and Roam Uganda (FARUG).............................................................. 19.34 Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG) .................................................................... 19.38 Gay Rights Uganda............................................................................................ 19.39 20. WOMEN ................................................................................................................... 20.01 Overview ............................................................................................................... 20.01 Socio and economic statistics ............................................................................ 20.02 Legal rights ..........................................................................................................
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