Uganda: Death penalty: Joel Lubangakene (m), soldier

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Index Number: AFR 59/001/2006
Date Published: 6 January 2006
Categories: Africa, Uganda

Private Joel Lubangakene was sentenced to death by hanging by a military court on 2 January, for reportedly shooting dead an 18-year-old student on 26 December in northern Uganda. Some reports indicate that Lubangakene could be executed on 8 January.