AIIJ’s Human Traffic Documentary Premiers online after IGP asks producers to seek clearance
Drake Nyamugabwa
The documentary titled “On the Go | The Dark Side of Labour Externalization” that was to be premierrd that was supposed to be held on 17th February 2023 at 2:00pm at Mestil Hotel was at the last moment cancelled and the organizers urged to seek clearance from the Uganda Peoples Force.
While the term trafficking may conjure images of desperate illegal immigrants by smugglers, human trafficking according to UN Secretary-General António Guterres is a horrific crime and “an all-out assault on people’s rights, safety and dignity,”
The documentary above that the IGP cancelled was inspired by true events occurring to Ugandans exported abroad for various reason by a cartel of dealers especially in the Middle East where victims have decried harassment, death and various form of mistreatment with little help to those who manage to escape.
in the country. Uganda exports able bodied youths in thousands monthly and annually to the Middle East countries. Several have died there due to harassment by their bosses while others have had their body organs harvested.
The AIIJ administration however sought to feature it on online platforms denouncing the police request in a press statement
Part of the documentary video has been found on the social media handles here: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1802238936815568 and https://twitter.com/AfricanIIJ/status/1626563515715649541?s=20
