I've been urged by many readers to report on this disgraceful story: (H/T Tom Nelson and others)
KICUCULA, Uganda — According to the company's proposal to join a United Nations clean-air program, the settlers living in this area left in a "peaceful" and "voluntary" manner.
People here remember it quite differently.
"I heard people being beaten, so I ran outside," said Emmanuel Cyicyima, 33. "The houses were being burnt down."
Other villagers described gun-toting soldiers and an 8-year-old child burning to death when his home was set ablaze by security officers.
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But in this case, the government and the company said the settlers were illegal and evicted for a…
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Published on September 28, 2011 01:43