In Uganda, clergy, Western donors condemn torture of political activists
Kampala, Uganda Ugandan clergy have joined the US and EU in condemning the ongoing brutal torture, detention without trial and forced disappearance of political and human rights activists in the country. The US and EU have each issued a statement condemning the forced disappearances, arbitrary detention and use of physical and mental torture by security […]
Ugandan Government accuses Catholic Church of “meddling” in politics
Kampala, Uganda The Ugandan Government has accused the Catholic Church of failing to play its core role of spreading the Gospel and instead meddling in electoral politics. While addressing a press conference in Kampala last weekend, the Minister for Presidency, Esther Mbayo, told journalists that Catholic Archbishop Cyprian Kizito Lwanga, of Kampala Archdiocese, and Catholic […]