{"id":1666,"date":"2021-01-05T19:59:42","date_gmt":"2021-01-05T19:59:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/uganda\/?p=1666"},"modified":"2021-01-05T17:44:53","modified_gmt":"2021-01-05T17:44:53","slug":"boxer-juuko-survives-torture-in-army-detention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/boxer-juuko-survives-torture-in-army-detention","title":{"rendered":"Boxer Juuko survives torture in army detention"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/uganda\">Uganda<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Former professional boxer Justin Juuko says he survived torture during detention at Mbuya Military Barracks after he threatened his tormentors that he would fight back if they dared assault him.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Juuko and another Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) activist Garrypaul Mayanja were arrested by Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence personnel on December 12 as they conducted training for polling agents in Greater Masaka area ahead of the upcoming elections.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Juuko was twice taken to the barracks disciplinary unit, which is the lowest court in the army judicial structure, to answer charges of treachery and illegal possession of firearms. He was detained at Makindye barracks.<\/p>\n<p>However, he was released on December 31 after 19 days in detention when the General Court Martial withdrew the charges against him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were arrested when we were doing voluntary work for our party, but I was shocked to hear allegations that we were training people to riot,\u201d Mr Juuko told journalists in Kampala yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Juuko and Mayanja spent the first two days in detention at Kasijjagirwa Army Barracks in Masaka before they were transferred to Mbuya barracks in Kampala.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt Mbuya I was already stressed and when the soldiers attempted to torture me, I threatened to fight back,\u201d Mr Juuko said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI realised young officers had a tendency of torturing detainees and when they tried it on me, I told them to stop because I could fight back in my defence, which could end badly,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He, however, said when they were taken to Makindye barracks for further detention, they were treated well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe military at Makindye treated me professionally and I had no issue with them,\u201d Mr Juuko said.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Juuko, 47, who is also a resident of California, US, thanked the media, the FDC party and human rights defenders for playing a key role in his release.Mr Juuko said at Makindye barracks, he found inmates who had spent several years in detention without being charged.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are many detainees who have spent three years without knowledge of their charges. Others said even their families do not know where they are. I need to become a human rights activist to seek justice for such people,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Since Mr Juuko\u2019s detention, the boxing fraternity is under fear after security operatives killed renowned boxer Isaac Zebra Ssenyange near his home in Bwaise, a Kampala suburb. Three more boxers have gone missing and one returned after being tortured in an unknown detention cell.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe should be worried as boxers. It began with me and our friend Zebra didn\u2019t get a chance to defend himself before the law,\u201d Mr Juuko said.editorial@ug.nationmedia.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. Former professional boxer Justin Juuko says he survived torture during detention at Mbuya Military Barracks after he threatened his tormentors that he would fight back if they dared assault him. Mr Juuko and another Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) activist Garrypaul Mayanja were arrested by Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence personnel on December [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":1665,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,17],"tags":[233,240,234],"class_list":["post-1666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-sport","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-uganda","tag-uganda"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Boxer Juuko survives torture in army detention - Uganda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Former professional boxer Justin Juuko says he survived torture during detention at Mbuya Military Barracks after he thr ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/boxer-juuko-survives-torture-in-army-detention\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Boxer Juuko survives torture in army detention\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former professional boxer Justin Juuko says he survived torture during detention at Mbuya Military Barracks after he thr ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/boxer-juuko-survives-torture-in-army-detention\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Uganda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-01-05T19:59:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2021\/01\/img-5ff4a57b770e1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"480\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/boxer-juuko-survives-torture-in-army-detention#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/boxer-juuko-survives-torture-in-army-detention\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Boxer Juuko survives torture in army detention\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-01-05T19:59:42+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/boxer-juuko-survives-torture-in-army-detention\"},\"wordCount\":450,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/boxer-juuko-survives-torture-in-army-detention#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2021\/01\/img-5ff4a57b770e1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Uganda\",\"uganda\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/boxer-juuko-survives-torture-in-army-detention#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/boxer-juuko-survives-torture-in-army-detention\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/boxer-juuko-survives-torture-in-army-detention\",\"name\":\"Boxer Juuko survives torture in army detention - 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