UHRC awards Shs 140m compensation to victims of Human Rights Violation
The Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) has awarded Shs140m in total to different victims of human rights violation that arose in the Lango Sub-region. During its second sitting at the recently created Lira Regional Office that kicked off on Monday in Lira City, the Tribunal awarded Shs65m to an elderly mother Ms. Alango Katorin,83, who lost her son Adyebo Francis during interrogation by CID officers from Lira Police Station, Shs60m to Ms. Cissy Akello who lost her husband due to torture from prison officers and Shs15m to Alake Michael who was tortured in a joint operation of the UPDF and Police to recover guns illegally possessed.