The Article empowers individuals and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) whose rights have been abused to file complaints at the African Court on Human and People’s Rights for redress by the Court on condition that domestic mechanisms have been exhausted.
Speaking to journalists at the UHRC Commission offices on Tuesday, Commissioner, Patricia Achan Okiria, said the commission is concerned about the human rights violations involved in the strikes. She condemned the brutality students suffered at the hands of security agencies for trying to protect their right to education.
Those issued warning letters include the Gender and Ethics & Integrity guild Minister, Marion Kirabo, who is also a fourth year student of Bachelor of Laws. Judith Nalukwago a Bachelor of Dental Surgery who is also the Vice Guild President has also been warned.
Communication through police walkie-talkies went out saying that the drones were cited around the Main Library, which was a beehive of activity as the Police used teargas and live bullets to foil a planned General Assembly called by Students to discuss the ongoing standoff.
He said that nature is oppressing mankind in terms of floods, droughts, earthquakes and diseases. According to Museveni, these issues should be at the heart of man’s priorities as opposed to Human Rights Violations manifested through colonialism, dictatorship, slave trade and other forms of violations.
During the weekly media briefing at their Northern region offices in Arua town on Wednesday, Elia Alitia, the DP Vice President for Northern region said the torture, molestation and destruction of student property by security officers shouldn’t go scot free.
Appearing before the Seven Member Land Commission on Tuesday, Bukenya said he bought the land measuring 186 Hectares in 2008 from a widow he identified as Imelda Nambwere and her two daughters at Shillings 102 Million.
Makerere University Guild President Julius Kateregga says that the council failed to offer them their demand of halting the entire increment for review and only halted the increase on functional fees. In the fees structure projection, the functional fees had been raised from the initial 618,500 Shillings to 1.1 million Shillings.
