Uganda: Torture Threat for HIV/AIDS Activists

(Geneva, July 30, 2008) - The abduction and torture of a Ugandan HIV/AIDS activist who faces trial for holding a peaceful protest reveals the danger to those who challenge the government's policies, Human Rights Watch and the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders said today. The three human rights organizations (the Observatory is a joint program of the World Organisation Against Torture and the International Federation of Human Rights), called on the Ugandan authorities to investigate the abduction and torture and sanction those responsible. They also urged that the charges…

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