Analysis - Activists say the government is using arrests and psychological torture to avoid signs of abuse that could lead to bad publicity for EACOP investors.
Barigye suggests that the government is particularly targeting the leaders of Uganda's climate movement due to their greater influence. He alleges that security forces are using"bogus charges" to detain activists and then deliberately using psychological rather than physical violence to avoid leaving more visible evidence of abuse.
The police detained the four activists for four days. Three of them were held together, but Ssemwanga was moved to an unknown separate location. When they were released, the former anti-EACOP leader said he was quitting activism. Unlike the other three, Ssemwanga was not charged in court. Dickens Kamugisha, Chief Executive of the Kampala-based African Institute for Energy Governance , also believes that the government is trying to instil fear among activists. The police forcibly shut down his organisation in October 2021 andfive of its staff for 72 hours. It dramatically re-arrested the employees, along with Kamugisha for the first time, days later.
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