Uganda, April 20 -- Church of Uganda Archbishop Stephen Kaziimba Mugalu has told off critics pressuring him to emulate the courage of martyred Archbishop Janani Luwum in condemning human rights violations by the State. Critics have accused Dr Kaziimba and other religious leaders in the country of keeping quiet in the face of severe State-sanctioned restrictions of civil liberties, including cutting back free speech, assembly, and media, among others. 

Some the rights activists have also drawn parallels between the human rights situation in the 1970s under Idi Amin and now, with many arguing that cases of arbitrary detention, torture, and unlawful killings by security agencies of the Opposition, activists, and journalists have t...