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22 March 1995

 

Communication No. 8/88

 
     

AFRICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN AND PEOPLES' RIGHTS

     
  17th Ordinary Session  
  13 - 22 March 1995  
     

Nziwa Buyingo

 

v.

Uganda

     
     
 

Decision

 
     
     
 
   
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Citation: Buyingo v. Uganda, Decision, Comm. 8/88 (ACmHPR, Mar. 22, 1995)
Publications: IHRDA, Compilation of Decisions on Communications of the African Commission On Human and Peoples’ Rights Extracted from the Commission’s Activity Reports 1994-2001, at 357 (2002); Documents of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, at 382 (Malcolm D. Evans & Rachel Murray eds., 2001); (2000) AHRLR 320 (ACHPR 1995)
 
     
 
 
     
 

COMPLAINT

[1] The author of the communication, Mr. Nziwa Buyingo, citizen of Zaïre, alleges that he was on 28 December 1987, subjected to arrest, arbitrary detention, torture and extraction of money by Ugandan soldiers in Kisoro, Uganda.

[2] He alleges that his rights under Articles 5, 6, 12 and 14 under the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights have been violated.

FINDING

[3] The Commission has since 1988 failed to get any response from the complainant on whether or not he has had recourse to local remedies as required by Article 56 (5) of the Charter and Rule 103 (1) (f) of the Rules of Procedure. The Commission accordingly declares the communication inadmissible.

 
     

 







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