{"id":32470,"date":"2017-03-15T09:56:27","date_gmt":"2017-03-15T08:56:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/32470-uganda-independent-investigation-kasese-killings-police.html"},"modified":"2017-03-15T09:56:27","modified_gmt":"2017-03-15T08:56:27","slug":"uganda-independent-investigation-kasese-killings-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/32470-uganda-independent-investigation-kasese-killings-police.html","title":{"rendered":"HRW: Ensure Independent Investigation into Kasese Killings\u00a0in Uganda"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(Nairobi, March 15, 2017) \u2013 Killings by Ugandan military and police during joint operations in Kasese, western\u00a0Uganda<\/a>\u00a0on November 26-27, 2016, warrant an independent, impartial fact-finding mission with international expertise, Human Rights Watch said today. On the bloodiest day, scores of people, including children, were killed during a military assault on the palace compound of the region\u2019s cultural institution.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Police\u00a0spokespeople reported<\/a>\u00a0the death toll over the two days as 87, including 16 police. Human Rights Watch found the actual number to be much higher \u2013 at least 55 people, including at least 14 police, killed on November 26, and more than 100, including at least 15 children, during the attack on the palace compound on November 27.
The government has\u00a0arrested and charged<\/a>\u00a0more than 180 people, including the cultural institution\u2019s king, known as the Omusinga, with murder, treason, and terrorism, among other charges. None of the 180 are members of the police or military and no one has been charged for the killing of the civilians, including children.
\u201cThe assault on the palace in Kasese, which killed more people than any single event since the height of the war in Northern Uganda over a decade ago, should not be swept under the carpet,\u201d said\u00a0Maria Burnett<\/a>, associate Africa director at Human Rights Watch. \u201cPeople in Kasese are still looking for their family members, including children, and they deserve answers and justice for these gruesome killings.\u201d<\/p>\n

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