"Get the Gun": Human Rights Violations by Uganda's National Army in Law Enforcement Operations in Karamoja Region

· Human Rights Watch
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In the remote Karamoja region of northeastern Uganda, pastoralist herding communities struggle for survival amidst frequent drought, intercommunal cattle raids, and armed banditry. Weak government institutions in the marginalized region leave the national army, the Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF), tasked with law and order responsibilities. Since May 2006, these responsibilities have included a renewed program of forced disarmament to curb pervasive gun ownerhip.
In the remote Karamoja region of northeastern Uganda, pastoralist herding communities struggle for survival amidst frequent drought, intercommunal cattle raids, and armed banditry. Weak government institutions in the marginalized region leave the national army, the Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (...

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