Rubongoya writes to UHRC over the continued detention of five NUP supporters
“The list and details of the recent victims and the circumstances of their abduction are attached herein. The family members of these victims, as well as our legal teams, have tried to trace them without success,”
The Secretary General of the National Unity Platform (NUP), David Lewis Rubongoya, has written to the Chairperson of the Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) regarding five NUP supporters who have recently been abducted by armed security operatives moving in drones.
The five supporters according to Rubongoya include Khalid Sebi, Alex Kabugo Kasaija, Sebunya Yasin and Kagimu Fred who were violently arrested in Nakaseke district and Mubiru Sadat Sadam who was violently picked from Salama Road in Kampala.
“As you are aware, state operatives have continued to abduct our supporters, hold them incommunicado and subject them to torture and cruel treatment. Many have returned with grave torture marks, while others have not been seen or heard from for months or years now.
“The list and details of the recent victims and the circumstances of their abduction are attached herein. The family members of these victims, as well as our legal teams, have tried to trace them without success,”
“I accordingly request the Commission to expeditiously investigate the whereabouts of these persons and ensure they reunite with their families as soon as possible,”
“The Commission should also exercise its mandate and put an end to this crisis of violent abductions and incommunicado detentions targeting our supporters,” the letter by Rubongoya reads in part.
