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Ugandan soldiers jailed for assaulting journalists

Ugandan security forces beat journalists covering Bobi Wine filing a petition with the UN against human rights abuses. 

Six Ugandan soldiers were handed prison sentences of up to three months by a military court on Thursday for taking part in the brutal beating of local journalists covering the country's opposition leader.

The seven injured journalists were covering an effort by opposition leader Bobi Wine to file a petition on Wednesday with the United Nations against human rights abuses, when they were set upon by security forces.

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