Uganda's government denies report it is maliciously spying on perceived opponents
October 17, 2015
FILE – In this Wednesday, April 20, 2011 file photo, opposition leader Kiiza Besigye speaks during a rally in Kampala, Uganda. An opposition leader in Uganda who is running for president is under house arrest to prevent him from holding rallies that have been called illegal by the government, a police spokeswoman said. Kiiza Besigye of the Forum for Democratic Change party is being detained in his own home near the capital, Kampala, as a preventive measure “to ensure that there is no breach of peace,” said police spokeswoman Polly Namaye on Thursday, Oct. 15, 2015. (AP Photo/Ronald Kabuubi,File)[/caption]
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The Ugandan government on Friday denied the existence of a secret program to use computer spyware on its opponents, saying the report by a London-based advocacy group is based on a fake document.
The purportedly classified document cited by Privacy International isn’t an authentic government document, Col. Shaban Bantariza, a government spokesman, told reporters.
“It is an assumed government report,” he said, referring to the document detailing the allegedly secret espionage program to hack and blackmail perceived opponents. “We do not surveille political activists.”
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