Now on bbc news, an investigation by the bbc s Africa Eye into the Police Crackdown on protesters in uganda last november, with evidence of Security Forces shooting a number of unarmed people. A warning this programme contains images some viewers may find upsetting. These are some of the ugandan citizens who, in november last year, were shot on The Streets of kampala. Gunshot. Not by terrorists or criminals, but by the Security Forces of their own government. The killings took place in the Run Up To ugandas elections, as the police and the army scrambled to suppress violent protests protests sparked by the arrest of Bobi Wine, the young Opposition Leader who is challenging President Musevenis 35 year rule. By the governments own count, more than 50 people were killed on November 18th and 19th. But in the days that followed, musevenis government, and, in particular, his security minister, general elly tumwine, tried to justify the killings. First, tumwine defended the use of live fire.
An investigation by the bbc s Africa Eye into the Police Crackdown on protesters in uganda last november, with evidence of Security Forces shooting a number of unarmed people. A warning this programme contains images some viewers may find upsetting. These are some of the ugandan citizens who, in november last year, were shot on The Streets of kampala. Screams. Not by terrorists or criminals, but by the Security Forces of their own government. The killings took place in the Run Up To ugandas elections, as the police and armies scrambled to suppress violent protests protests sparked by the arrest of Bobi Wine, the young Opposition Leader who is challenging President Musevenis 35 year rule. By the governments own account, more than 50 people count, more than 50 people were killed on November 18th and 19th. But in the days that followed, musevenis government, and in particular, his security minister, general elly tumwine, tried to justify the killings. First, tumwine defended the use of li
Top of a brand new hour. Former President Obama is slamming senate republicans ahead of their expected Move Tomorrow to reject even discussing a sweeping voting reform bill. The for T Phe people act would expand voter access, but it appears that there is not enough republican support to even allow debate on the proposed law. Former president spoke at a town hall, listen. In the aftermath of an insurrection with our democracy on the line, and many of these same republican senators going along with the notion that somehow there were irregularities and problems with legitimacy in our most recent election, they are suddenly afraid to even talk about these issues and figure out solutions on the floor of the senate. There is a new Monmouth University Poll that shows an Overwhe Whelming Of Americans an favor of voter i. D. Laws and rules to makie voting easier. And Manu Raju is joining us now from capitol hill. There is no expectation this passes tomorrow, so what is the expectation of what w
Times square, the socalled Cross Roads of the world, like much of the city, it is returning to Life, but it is also struggling with the problem of crime. This memorial Day Weekend taurus are out in force under the watchful eye of the police. Has been more than a year since doubledecker buses passed with tourists work on site meant, hen. Lester, the number off Visitors Drop by 67 . And Tourist Spending plunged s73 . Newark hopes to reverse the trend. But despite the highprofile Police Presence at worseri attractions, gunfight on the upper website could scare away visitors. According to the nypd, compared to last year, murder is up 23 . And shooting incidents increased 80 . Despite the crime surge, Kristi Itwilliams from mississippi came here to celebrate a birthday with friends. We heard lots of muggings and pickpockets and things like that, so we wore over the Shoulder Bags and put our hands on but we never had any of those issues. Speak up much of the violent crime is happening and lo
Times square a year ago and what it looks like today. There is hope relaxing the rules will help jump start the economy and revitalize the city. Were the capitalist center of america and this town needs to get going. Dana everybody loves to come here and we want people to come back eventually. It is not all perfect. We have a ways to go. Things we need to do. I was telling bill before the show, when we first had to go work from home, i thought it would be 2 to 4 weeks and i would tell people see you on the other side. Here we are may 19th, a day we should celebrate, mark the occasion and recognize there was a lot of loss along the way. Bill officially 432 days. The day youre talking about was march 13, 2020. I was at a restaurant around the corner and the woman said were closing tonight. They told us not to come back until april 1st. Dana of 2020. Bill of 2020. Here we are today. Positivity rate is 1. 2 . We have worked hard to get down there. We can debate whether or not the Mask Mand