By; Charles Katabalwa
Lawyers have faulted the Directorate of Public Prosecution for condoning torture by allowing tortured suspects to be arraigned in court.
The lawyers under their group, Network of Public Interest Lawyers say the courts of law are not ensuring justice and have resorted to hearing cases of suspects with torture marks instead of taking them to hospital.
In a press conference held today at Makerere University, Arthur Nsereko, the coordinator of the Network of Public Interest lawyers also questioned why the DPP arraigns the tortured suspects before the courts of law. Nsereko says such an action is equivalent to condoning torture.
He also condemned the continued use of excessive force and acts of torture on suspects, the media and opposition revealing that they are considering a private prosecution against security officers who tortured protestors in Kampala.
However the Spokesperson of the Judiciary Solomon Muyita, says the courts cannot work on assumptions that some suspects were tortured rather its the duty of the lawyers of the suspects to inform the courts.
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