{UAH} Newyork Times:Uganda Tries to Commit Critic of President to Mental Institution
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APRIL 13, 2017
In Uganda, criticizing the president may not just be illegal. It could also be used as proof of insanity.
The government of President Yoweri Museveni, still in power 31 years after setting out as a great hope for African democracy, routinely intimidates dissidents and journalists. Live broadcasts of demonstrations are banned, and social media is blocked during elections that are already deeply flawed. And the longer Mr. Museveni clings to power, the tighter his grip on dissent appears to be.
Uganda's top prosecutor sought this week to crack down even further on dissent, trying to use a colonial-era law, once employed by the British to quash African resistance, to commit a prominent critic of the president to a mental institution.
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