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Elias Biryabarema

'My flesh was burning': Uganda accused of torture again

Ronald Ssegawa, 22, shows two fingers he partially lost during torture by people he alleges were security operatives, at the National Unity Platform offices in Kamwokya suburb of Kampala, Uganda March 21, 2022. REUTERS/Abubaker Lubowa

Ronald Ssegawa said Ugandan security agents pulled him off the streets in January last year, burned him and pulled out his fingernails. His crime: supporting the opposition.

The 22-year-old is one of hundreds of government critics and opposition supporters detained and tortured in the last three years, especially around the 2021 presidential vote, U.S-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Tuesday.

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