{"id":7259,"date":"2024-06-26T08:07:36","date_gmt":"2024-06-26T08:07:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/?p=7259"},"modified":"2024-06-26T12:54:28","modified_gmt":"2024-06-26T12:54:28","slug":"uganda-commemorates-un-day-in-support-of-torture-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/2024\/06\/26\/uganda-commemorates-un-day-in-support-of-torture-victims\/","title":{"rendered":"Uganda Commemorates UN Day in Support of Torture Victims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Johnson Kanyesige<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Uganda today joins in global commemoration of the United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture.<\/p>\n<p>The national commemorative event is being held at the Railway Grounds in Kampala under the theme; \u201c<strong>Torture Free Communities for All\u2019\u2019,<\/strong> with Minister for Internal Affairs Maj. Gen. Kahinda Otafiire as Chief Guest.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier on, Crispin Kaheru a member Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC), said that this year\u2019s theme emphasizes the commission\u2019s goal of creating a safe and humane environment free from torture for all Ugandans.<\/p>\n<p>He adds that it highlights the necessity of collaborative efforts towards eradicating torture and building communities where all persons in their diversity are safe from inhuman treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Kaheru says the celebrations help in creating awareness about all forms of torture and support for victims and promoting accountability on the part of the duty bearers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe coalition against torture at members and Uganda human rights commission arte all committed efforts towards sustained action in combating torture so that we can attain a torture free community for all,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n<p>International Day in Support of Victims of Torture is observed on <strong>June 26, <\/strong>annually to remind people that human torture is not only unacceptable \u2013 it is also a crime.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Johnson Kanyesige Uganda today joins in global commemoration of the United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture. The national commemorative event is being held at the Railway Grounds in Kampala under the theme; \u201cTorture Free Communities for All\u2019\u2019, with Minister for Internal Affairs Maj. Gen. Kahinda Otafiire as Chief Guest. Earlier [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":7273,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7259","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7259"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7259\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7274,"href":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7259\/revisions\/7274"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}