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Uganda security personnel beat journalists covering petition on rights abuses

Uganda security personnel beat journalists covering petition on rights abuses

ELIAS BIRYABAREMA UGANDAN military and police officers beat and seriously injured journalists on Wednesday as they covered the delivery of a petition about human rights violations to a United Nations office, a rights group said. The security personnel assaulted the journalists as they covered opposition leader and pop star Bobi Wine, who was petitioning the local U.N. human rights office to investigate reported incidents of rights violations. Police will release a statement on the incident later, a police spokesman said. At least 20 journalists were hurt in the attack, with at least four sustaining deep cuts on the head that…
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