When the ruling party has unhindered access to government funds, illegally uses government assets such as vehicles to campaign, and receives six times as much TV coverage as the opposition, there is no level playing field.

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The ruling party under President Yoweri Museveni is playing a dirty game of intimidating the electorate and undermining the opposition. The illegal involvement of the army in the campaign scares the electorate, while the opposition has its hands tied by politically motivated criminal charges against its leaders.

206

It is their duty to protect humanitarian operations and civilians in their immediate vicinity.

205

In an eight-day span, the Ugandan government has seriously damaged its human rights reputation by riding roughshod over the rights of political opponents and the courts. The government has arrested the main presidential opponent, used commandos to intimidate the judiciary and banned all public protests, radio discussions and even posters on the subject.

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What people in the field — the soldiers and their immediate officers — haven't really been drilled in is what to do and how to cope in particular situations. They haven't been given clear instructions in how to deter and defeat forces that might attack civilians, and they need to be given clear and robust instructions to do everything that they have in their power to protect civilians.

146

The ruling party is playing a dirty game of intimidating the electorate and undermining the opposition.

135

We very much want a peace agreement for the south because they've been at war for 21 years now and that's enough.

124

[His rebels'] human rights record is poor because of the lack of accountability, ... That has led to a lot of abuses that have never been punished, including summary executions, disappearances, prolonged arbitrary detentions, corrupt transactions and the taking of food from civilians.

123

In essence these are multi-party elections in a one-party state. We urge all the election observers to take that into account and to address allegations of abuse.

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