Uganda v. Sentongo: infant murder and aggravated trafficking for ritual exploitation
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Evidence status
Convicted
Authority role
ritual practitioner and procurer
Organization
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The cited record identifies ritual demand and trafficking for exploitation as the material spiritual doctrine, practice, authority, or pretext connected to the documented harm. The relevant authority role is ritual practitioner and procurer.
- Ritual, oath, or initiation
Evidence structure
Proceedings
2022-09-21 · judgment
High Court of Uganda. Convictions for murder and aggravated trafficking.
Documented coercion mechanisms
- ritual demand
- trafficking for exploitation
Cited record
Sources
- court judgment Uganda v. Sentongo and Another, Criminal Session Case 227 of 2018, [2022] UGHCCRD 124.
The High Court judgment records convictions arising from the trafficking and killing of an infant for ritual exploitation and sets out the evidence supporting the ritual nexus.
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- Source and tier basis
- https://ulii.org/en/akn/ug/judgment/ughccrd/2022/124/eng@2022-09-21 Corpus classification: court; evidentiary role: judgment.
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