Uganda, Feb. 10 -- The human rights committees and special mandate holders at the United Nations (UN) have been petitioned to take action against government of Uganda for alleged "gross violations of human rights" that were committed in the run-up and during the 2021 General Election.

Special mandate-holders are not UN staff. They are Special Rapporteurs (SRs) or Independent Expert (IEs) or working groups on specific fields. In this case, it is on human rights.

Mr Nicholas Opiyo, the team leader of the petitioners, Chapter Four Uganda, told Saturday Monitor that he hopes that the petitions will serve to jolt the international community to come to Uganda's rescue.

"Chapter Four hopes that the three communications will alert the internat...