Prison Monitoring

I arrived in Kampala last night after two week of traversing the North districts of Uganda visiting 56 prisons monitoring the state of human rights focusing on political prisoners during this Uganda’s elections period. I was honored by Defend Defenders a big regional organization operating across African to join a team of 10 monitors that included officials from the Uganda Human rights Commission and Human Rights watch an international organization. Though only official cameras and telephones cleared by government were allowed for our documentary, the conditions are so alarming, prisons receive already tortured inmates with rotting wounds in severe agony. This morning we join the rest of the human rights actors to commemorate the international human rights day and at this dialogue some of the untold stories will be shared to find mitigation measures.