According to the 2018 Annual Report on the state of human rights, violation of freedom from torture increased by up to 13% in 2018 with 346 complaints registered compared to 306 cases reported in 2017.
The Police, with 419 cases recorded against it in 2017, was followed by private individuals with 210 complaints and Uganda Peoples Defense Forces UPDF with 44. The Cases against the police, however, show a decline in violations from the 620 that was recorded the previous year.
In a bid to further improve their human rights record, over 300 operational officers from Kampala Metropolitan Police are meeting in Kampala to evaluate their success last year and find solutions to their failures.
The recent police actions to use live bullets, beatings and brutal arrests while attempting to block peaceful demonstrations by electricity consumers in Lira are beginning to haunt the force.
