Torture survivors pin police on brutality in the north

Torture survivors have pinned the Uganda Police Force as the leading perpetuators of brutality and torture in northern Uganda.

While narrating his torture ordeal during the United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture commemoration on June 26 in Gulu City, Mr Simon Peter Kilama, a survivor of torture from Amuru town council in Amuru District revealed that he was tortured by the police while in detention in Amuru Central Police Station.

“There is this one CID, Mr Ongom who hit my back with the butt of his gun and tortured me seriously while in police custody…