Uganda: Police 'Regret' Gulu Brutality, Violence but Blame Bobi Wine

Uganda: Police 'Regret' Gulu Brutality, Violence but Blame Bobi Wine

The Uganda Police Force has expressed regret over violent conduct by its officers and UPDF soldiers who were filmed beating civilians and supporters of National Unity Platform presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi during Saturday's campaign stop in Gulu City.

Ugandan police to probe reports of officers beating opposition supporters

KAMPALA, Dec 8 - Uganda's national police service said on Monday that it would investigate reports that officers had beaten pop star-turned-politician Bobi Wine and his supporters at a campaign rally for next month's election. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Ugandan Police to Probe Alleged Brutality at Bobi Wine Rally

Bobi Wine, a pop star-turned-politician and main challenger to President Museveni, alleges police brutality at his campaign rally in Gulu, Uganda. Reports of violence against supporters have prompted a police investigation. The government denies systematic targeting, asserting legal detentions only occur with credible suspicions of criminal behavior.

Uganda: opposition leader Bobi Wine says he was beaten by security forces

The prominent opposition candidate and former pop star Bobi Wine said in posts on social network X late on Saturday that he was attacked while campaigning in the north of the country.

Police 'regrets' beating Bobi Wine supporters - The Observer

The Uganda Police Force (UPF) has expressed ‘regret’ over last weekend’s violent clashes between the opposition National Unity Platform (NUP) supporters and security forces in Gulu, northern Uganda. Security forces descended and beat up Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, aka Bobi Wine’s supporters, in an attempt to block access to Awere Grounds, where the NUP presidential candidate […]

Uganda: Police To Probe Opposition Leader’s Alleged Torture

By Enyichukwu Enemanna Investigation will be launched into reports that prominent opposition figure Bobi Wine and his supporters were beaten at a campaign rally for the January presidential election, Uganda’s national police service said on Monday, a torture in which its officers were accused of complicit. Wine, the presidential candidate of National Unity Platform in posts on X Saturday that security forces had hit him in the face with a cane a…