Uganda

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Uganda Wildlife Authority officers used excessive and unnecessary force against the Indigenous Benet People, killing two children. Authorities arbitrarily arrested and detained government critics. Amendments to the NGO law threatened to impose excessive governmental control over the work of NGOs. The court upheld provisions that would discriminate against LGBTI people and which carried the death penalty and other excessive penalties for certain acts. Authorities failed to account for at least 500 children who were taken from the Katwe slums by Kampala Capital City Authority officials. Uganda’s support for nearly 1.8 million refugees and asylum seekers remained severely underfunded. The construction of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline ran counter to global efforts to cut carbon emissions.

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