{"id":32484,"date":"2014-07-17T09:15:51","date_gmt":"2014-07-17T09:15:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=32484"},"modified":"2014-07-17T09:15:51","modified_gmt":"2014-07-17T09:15:51","slug":"uganda-police-abuse-street-children-says-hrw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/07\/uganda-police-abuse-street-children-says-hrw\/","title":{"rendered":"Uganda police abuse street children, says HRW"},"content":{"rendered":"
Street children in Uganda face constant abuse from police and other government officials, a human rights group says.<\/p>\n
Police beat children with whips and wires, throw them into jail and extort bribes from them, a report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) said.<\/p>\n
Street boys and girls were also raped by men and older boys, it added.<\/p>\n
A Ugandan official, Mondo Kyateka, said some street children were “hard-core criminals” but police only used minimum force against them.<\/p>\n
The government should focus on improving the lives of street children, and prosecute those responsible for abusing them, HRW said.<\/p>\n
More than half of all Ugandans are under 15, and children are the single largest group living in poverty, HRW said.<\/p>\n