STOP TELLING LIES: Drama as Furious Ugandans Storm UN Committee Session Against Torture Just After AG Kiwanuka Concluded His Torture Defense at The Summit (Watch Video)
Visibly Angry Ugandans have today wearing outfits printed with pictures of those allegedly tortured & killed by the Ugandan gov’t have stormed the session of the UN Committee against Torture accusing the Attorney General, Kiryowa Kiwanuka for telling lies about the torture in Uganda.
On Wednesday, at the ongoing UN Committee against Torture, session in Geneva, Kiryowa Kiwanuka said that the government of Uganda does not run any torture house and condones all kinds of torture. He defended the government against claims of operating secret torture houses.
“The Government of Uganda does not run any safe houses or ungazetted detention areas. It doesn’t, and when we come back here tomorrow, we shall share with you the most recent report from the Parliament where they went around all these places which were alleged to have been safehouses and they found there were none,” Kiwanuka said.
Just after giving his defense, five female angry Ugandans stormed the session of the UN Committee against Torture protesting and shouting on top of their voices that “Uganda is bleeding, the AG is a liar” as members of the committee looked on in disbelief.
As the A. General @KiryowaKk concluded his torture defense at the @UN, Ugandans wearing outfits printed with pictures of those allegedly tortured & killed by the Ugandan govt stormed the session of the UN Committee against Torture shouting “Uganda is bleeding, the AG is a liar”. pic.twitter.com/MgmQ2Dj727
— Remmy Bahati (@BahatiRemmy) November 10, 2022
The five ladies after protesting for closely to two minutes, were temporarily detained by the UN security, ordered to delete all the content recorded
They were handed over to the Swiss police for interrogation but reports indicate that they were released without any charge.
The committee which started on October 31, is reviewing efforts by Uganda and other five countries to implement the provisions of the convention against torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
National Unity Platform (NUP) president Robert Kyagulanyi has commended the five female Ugandans, applauding the them for being courageous and making sure that the shameless lies do not go unchallenged
“This evening as Kiryowa Kiwanuka concluded his lies about torture at the UN, comrades from the Ugandan diaspora in Switzerland went in and courageously confronted him! SUPER PROUD OF YOU LADIES. Thank you for making sure that the shameless lies do not go unchallenged”. Kyagulanyi stated on his twitter account.
On many occasions, National Unity Platform (NUP) led by its leader, Robert Kyagulanyi appealed to international bodies including the United Nations (UN) to take action on what he called continued abductions and torture of his supporters by the regime.
Update: The five female Ugandans who stormed the session of the @UN Committee against Torture were temporarily detained by the UN security, ordered to delete all the content recorded & handed over to the Swiss police for interrogation. They have been released without any charge! pic.twitter.com/IIyGgbMSIU
— Remmy Bahati (@BahatiRemmy) November 10, 2022