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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Caroline Kimeu

Ugandan president and son accused of sponsoring violence in ICC testimony

Muhoozi Kainerugaba, son of Uganda's president, Yoweri Museveni, in Entebbe, Uganda
Muhoozi Kainerugaba (right), son of Uganda's president, Yoweri Museveni, in Entebbe, Uganda, last year. Photograph: Hajarah Nalwadda/AP

The Uganda president, Yoweri Museveni, and his son Muhoozi Kainerugaba have been accused of sponsoring violence and abusing critics in harrowing testimony filed before the international criminal court.

The submissions contain detailed allegations of the torture of opposition figures and activists who report being arrested arbitrarily and being held incommunicado in “torture centres”, where they were reportedly interrogated about their links with the opposition figure Bobi Wine and subjected to physical harm and indignifying treatment.

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