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CCEDU condemns Kyagulanyi arrest and police treatment of protesters, suggests suspending elections

Civic Space & Media Freedom Single source Uganda (national) 18 Nov 2020 Severity: 1/5

ChimpReports reports that the Citizens' Coalition for Electoral Democracy in Uganda (CCEDU), through Executive Director Charity Kalebo Ahimbisibwe, condemned police brutality against protesters after Robert Kyagulanyi's arrest and offered condolences to families who lost relatives. She said CCEDU would document the abuses for the courts and argued it would be better to suspend elections to save lives.

A national event, not tied to one district.

Single source: Reported by one outlet; not yet independently confirmed.

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