Human Rights In Uganda
Uganda experiences difficulties in the achievement of international standards of human rights for all citizens, these difficulties centre upon the provision of proper sanitation facilities, internal displacement and development of adequate infrastructure. Nonetheless Uganda is, as per the Relief Web sponsored Humanitarian Profile - 2012 making considerable developments in this area.
After a heavily contested election campaign President Yoweri Museveni was re-elected into office and his re-election was independently verified by Amnesty International. Despite verification of the election results Amnesty did express concerns over alleged election violence and freedom of press restrictions.
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