"In towns, cities and villages, young men are disappearing, especially known supporters of NUP Platform. Grim accounts are emerging from relatives, friends and former abductees about the unexplained disappearances." observer.ug/news/headlines…
"Many youths have been picked from their homes in the dead of the night by gun-wielding men, others have been grabbed off the streets in broad daylight while others have simply run and gone into hiding."
"On December 29, Lubega attended a burial. On his way back, he was grabbed by unknown people and taken to an undisclosed location. Although he faintly remembers how events unfolded....Lubega recalls feeling dazed, after taking a cup of tea with colleagues he had travelled with."
“The soldier asked me what Bobi Wine’s plan B was. I told him I didn't know what he was talking about. Soon after, I was blindfolded and dragged out, only to be battered endlessly. That was simply the start of the torture sessions."
Apart from being in a smelly place, we ate right in front of our toilet, we moved guided by our sense of touch, since we could not see, we never knew what time of day it was. ... The experience of feeling blind is depressing, you cannot imagine,” Lubega said.
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