Yoweri Museveni Case Study

Our prosecution team is charging the President of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni, with human rights abuses, corruption and war crimes. The actions of Yoweri Museveni have had a vast negative effect on Uganda and its neighboring nations. Countless numbers of Ugandans have already suffered under Museveni's leadership. By the 1980’s Museveni’s government began to directly affect the population by being unable to fund some of the basic utilities that are a necessity to the people of Uganda such as roads, railways, and power plants. Uganda has the economic potential with its thriving agriculture, however because of political instability, Uganda is the most destitute and least developed African country. Museveni has not only been hurting Uganda’s economy but has also had people killed for over extreme opinions on subjects such as gay rights and religious freedom. Museveni passed a law that made it legal to pursue and prosecute homosexuals and anyone who does not report homosexuals (Fry). Also, on February 24th, 2014, Museveni created a new law that imposes life sentences to homosexuals (Pflanz). Under Museveni, human trafficking has persisted and the same companies have a reputation for rape, torture, and beatings of their female employees as well as selling them into slavery (Chan). When Museveni was running for reelection, the Ugandan economy was in shambles. He could not afford to lose the military service companies. Any atrocities committed by theses service companies was ignored as Museveni could not afford to notice. Under the ‘Rules and Regulations Governing the Recruitment and Employment of Ugandan Migrant Workers Abroad, No. 62’ the government would have to pay for death and disability compensation. With the amount of abuse in these s...

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...ready started leading opposition demonstrations against his power” (Kampala). So if Museveni continues to be in power and does not change how he is running the place than these small demonstrations can easily escalate to further violence and turn into a full scale revolt.

Comments: Yoweri Museveni is a corrupt politician who was elected via an illegal campaign and suppresses other rival political parties. He allowed domestic and foreign companies to operate illegally inside Uganda without even a threat of punishment. He oppresses and persecutes homosexual people in Uganda just because of the fact that they are homosexual, uses autocratic rules, and ignores the political oppositions on matters of debate. He is also responsible for killing and stealing the wealth and resources from the Congo, and this has given a very negative reputation and image for Yoweri Museveni.