By Our Reporter,
KAMPALA:
Human rights defenders and the Muslim Centre for Justice have petitioned the Uganda Human Rights Commission over the killing of suspects by security agents.
In a petition lodged in on Friday, Ali Kankaka the leader of the petitioners said extrajudicial killing of suspects started in 2020 when the president revealed the killing of Zebra Senyange by joint security forces needs to be investigated.
He cites the most recent case when a terror suspect identified as Sheikh Abbas Kirevu was killed by security personnel in the presence of his family.
Mariam Wangandya the UHRC chairperson says an investigation into Sheikh Kirevu’s death is on and they are yet to receive an account from police over the same.
She has urged his family to be patient and tell the truth when they are approached.
