Uganda votes under internet blackout and police crackdown

Uganda votes under internet blackout and police crackdown..

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Uganda was on edge as polls opened for a presidential election expected to extend Yoweri Museveni's, President, 40-year rule, marked by an internet blackout and a police crackdown on the opposition.

The government shut down the internet indefinitely, citing prevention of "misinformation" and "incitement to violence."
Bobi Wine, singer-turned-politician, has faced numerous arrests of his supporters and describes the election as a "war."
The United Nations expressed deep worry over the internet shutdown, while Human Rights Watch denounced the suspension of 10 NGOs and "brutal repression" of the opposition.

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