The Ugandan military announced yesterday that it is sending a formal complaint to Human Rights Watch over its recent report detailing UPDF abuses in Uganda’s northeastern Karamoja region. The HRW report, released last week, documents human rights abuses committed by the Ugandan military during efforts to forcibly disarm civilians in Karamoja, while recognizing a reduction in such incidents in recent months. Ugandan Defence Minister Dr. Crispus Kiyonga called the report “abusive and provocative” and accused HRW of “intentionally presented inaccuracies.” A recent UN human rights agency report on Karamoja documented continued violations of human rights in the region, but noted significant progress by the UPDF to curb abuses. Read more at The New Vision.