Uganda
By: Myra Immell, book editor
Series: Genocide and persecution; Genocide and persecution
Publisher: Greenhaven Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Detroit
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9780737762587
Subjects: Human rights; Politics and government; Political violence; Genocide; Crimes against humanity
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Chapter 1: Historical background on genocide and persecution in Uganda; title: Genocide and persecution in Uganda: an overview / A.B. Kasozi --; title: The expulsion of Uganda's Asian population / The Economist Uganda correspondent --; title: Idi Amin is a repressive ruler / Henry A. Kissinger --; title: The government of Idi Amin commits gross human rights violations / Whitney Elsworth --; title: The terror and killings inflicted by the army / Patrick Moser --; title: Resettlement in the Luwero Triangle after years of terror / Blaine Harden --; title: The renewal of human rights abuse in Uganda / Colin Nickerson --; title: The national resistance movement government's failure to safeguard human rights / Amnesty International --; title: Terror in the name of the Lord / Bob Drogin --; title: An attack on homosexuality / Saeed Ahmed -- -- Chapter 2: Controversies surrounding genocide and persecution in Uganda; title: Multiple factors were at the root of the expulsion of Uganda's Asians / Meir Amor --; title: The British government supported Idi Amin's brutal rule / Mark Curtis --; title: The West has the power to affect events in Uganda / Richard H. Ullman --; title: The massacres in Uganda in the 1980s were committed largely by the government and its agencies / Sabiitii Mutengesa --; title: The unacknowledged truths about persecution and genocide in Museveni's Uganda / Milton Obote --; title: The causes and consequences of the war in Northern Uganda are many-sided and interconnected / Ogenga Otunnu.; title: The abuses of the Lord's Resistance Army violate the principles of international humanitarian law / Human Rights Watch --; title: The international community must act to end the human rights catastrophe in Northern Uganda / Olara A. Otunnu --; title: The Commission of Inquiry into Violations of Human Rights failed / Joanna R. Quinn --; title: The International Criminal Court has contributed to prospects for peace in Uganda / Nick Grono and Adam O'Brian --; title: The International Criminal Court is biased / Tim Allen -- -- Chapter 3: Personal Narratives; title: A Christian Ugandan is persecuted / F.K. Sempangi --; title: An exile recalls incidents of flight and terror in Idi Amin's Uganda / Arthur Mwenkanya Katabalwa --; title: Ugandan soldiers plan an escape from Idi Amin's prison / Patrick Kimumwe and Silvesta Mutumba --; title: A Ugandan woman loses a daughter / Angelina Atyam, as told to Sara Ann Friedman --; title: A child soldier escapes to Uganda / Faith J.H. McDonnell and Grace Akallo.