The United States of America (USA) ‘s Acting Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Lisa Peterson is set to jet in Kampala following several human rights violation complaints, the Nile Post has learnt.
According to The US State Department, the diplomat started her trip in Burundi, where she will set to enter Uganda on Wednesday.
The department said that her trip aims to “underscore the United States’ commitment to the protection and advancement of human rights and democracy in Africa’s Great Lakes region.”
The trip comes at the backdrop of deteriorating human rights conditions in the two East African countries.
Uganda, most especially, remains a country of major concern to the US following several cases of human rights violations such as torture, abductions among others, which captured the attention of the international community. ENDS