Dear country men/women. This very shameful and miscarriage of justice. The act of stoning confessions out of suspects is illegal. This case has suffered a lot of prejudice and the suspects should be given unconditional release and compensation. CRB IS PETITIONING THE SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT of Uganda Right HON.REBBECA KADAGA TO CALL FOR FAIR TRIAL OF THE RWENZORI ATTACKS SUSPECTS’ Citizen Rights Bureau has noted with horror and consternation the flagrant abuse and violation of the rights of suspects accused of being behind the Rwenzori region attacks. We are particularly concerned about the following constitutional violations: 1. Detentions beyond the maximum allowed period of 48 hours without being produced in Court. 2. Torture, inhuman and degrading treatment. 3. Parading the suspects before the media as offenders violated their right to presumption of innocence. 4. Trial of civilians under the Court Martial for offences that are outside the purview of the UPDF act is total disregard of the law. 5. Undermining fair trial, UPDF is a complainant and judge. 6. Denying suspects legal representation by their lawyers, access to their next of kin and medical doctors. The cumulative effect of the aforementioned violations is that the resultant trial can only lead to an absurdity and a miscarriage of justice. We therefore demand the following: 1. Civilian courts should try the suspects, as they are not subject to military law. 2. They should be allowed to access their next of kin and doctors. 3. They should be entitled to legal representation of their choice and access to their lawyers. 4. Military officers who brutalized the suspects should be identified, arrested and prosecuted immediately. 5. A full list of the suspects, the dead and the missing persons should be published. 6. We are calling for independent investigations into the matter. CRB announces a Campaign for FAIR TRIAL of the Kasese, Bundibugyo and Ntoroko attacks Suspects. We wish to work with the Public, Parliament, stakeholders and Families of the victims in order to prevail over Government to avail Justice to the Suspects in the Rwenzururu unfortunate attacks that left a more than 90 people dead. 1. Government to halt the Court-martial trial and hand over the Suspects to Public Courts of Law 2. We Call on individual Lawyers and law firms who can offer legal representation to the suspects to register with us( in box) or send us email on citizenrightsbureau@gmail 3. We call up on the public to support this cause by signing this petition. We need signatures in order to submit it in Parliament. 4. Call a friend, share the link. https://youtube/watch?v=joVZz6KOL7A#t=48
Posted on: Tue, 19 Aug 2014 10:11:03 +0000
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