This book presents historical background on Uganda, multinational perspectives on the expulsion of Uganda's Asian population, and personal narratives of people suffering persecution.
General Note
Includes chronology.
Includes glossary.
Content Note
Historical background to Uganda - Genocide and persecution in Uganda : an overview / A.B. Kasozi - The expulsion of Uganda's Asian population / The Economist - Idi Amin is a repressive ruler / Henry A. Kissinger - The government of Idi Amin commits gross human rights violations / Whitney Ellsworth - The terror and killings inflicted by the army / Patrick Moser - Resettlement in the Luwero Triangle after years of terror / Blaine Harden - The renewal of human rights abuse in Uganda / Colin Nickerson - The National Resistance Movement government's failure to safeguard human rights / Amnesty International - Terror in the name of the Lord / Bob Drogin - An attack on homosexuality / Saeed Ahmed - Controversies surrounding Uganda - Multiple factors were at the root of the expulsion of Uganda's Asians / Meir Amor - The British government supported Idi Amin's brutal rule / Mark Curtis - The West has the power to affect events in Uganda / Richard H. Ullman - The massacres in Uganda in the 1980s were committed largely by the government and its agencies / Sabiiti Mutengesa - The unacknowledged truths about persecution and genocide in Museveni's Uganda / Milton Obote - The causes and consequences of the war in northern Uganda are many-sided and interconnected / Ogenga Otunnu - The abuses of the Lord's Resistance Army violate the principles of international humanitarian law / Human Rights Watch - The international community must act to end the human rights catastrophe in northern Uganda / Olara A. Otunnu - The Commission of Inquiry into violations of human rights failed / Joanna R. Quinn - The International Criminal Court has contributed to prospects for peace in Uganda / Nick Grono and Adam O'Brien - The International Criminal Court is biased / Tim Allen - Personal narratives - A Christian Ugandan is persecuted / F.K. Sempangi - An exile recalls incidents of flight and terror in Idi Amin's Uganda / Arthur Mwenkanya Katabalwa - A child soldier escapes to Uganda / Faith J.H. McDonnell and Grace Akallo.