Uganda slams UK for meddling

During a debate in the House of Commons on Tuesday, British lawmakers raised concerns about what they called the increasing cases of police brutality against the Ugandan government opposition, following the arrest of women’s league leader, Ingrid Turinawe.

Congleton MP also urged the Ugandan government to take action to rectify the “seriously deteriorating human rights situation” in the country.

Rejecting criticisms, the Ugandan Foreign Minister Henry Okello Oryem said the British MPs were debating from an “uninformed and one-sided” position, adding, “There is freedom of assembly and speech for everyone. They only listened to what the opposition was saying and have not taken time to understand what goes on in this country.”

British government’s move to accuse Ugandan police brutality is while it managed to contain five days of unprecedented civil disobedience across cities and towns in August 2011 only after deploying tens of thousands of police forces on the streets with shoot to kill order and making nearly 4,000 arrests.

Dismissing remarks made by British Prime Minister David Cameron that members of street gangs and criminals fueled the UK’s worst unrests in decades, official data released by the Home Office and Ministry of Justice showed that the protests were triggered by young, poor and less educated communities, who were frustrated with rampant inequality and injustice across the country.

Moreover, last month, a Scotland Yard review into last year unrest, entitled Four Days in August, revealed that the water cannons “would have been considered as a tactical option” by the officers to prevent a repeat of last August unrests. It also said that the top officers are seeking to use tear gas and Taser stun guns to deal with any violence.

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