{UAH} Idi Amin’s son complains about the Guardian’s obituary notice
Hussein says the best estimate by the International Commission of Jurists put the death toll at 30,000-80,000, not 80,000-100,000. In fact Keatley, who knew Idi Amin and had to fleeUganda for his life while a reporter, was right: the ICJ did put the figure somewhere between 80,000 and 300,000. This figure is also supported by the Dictionary of National Biography, although it attributes it to Amnesty International.
The DNB, supported by the New York Times, also states that Idi Amin falsely claimed to have fought in the Burma campaign although Hussein Amin says the reason his name does not appear is because "he was actually registered under a different entry".
At the end we looked into 15 areas where Hussein Amin challenged aspects of the obituary, too many to detail here but I will set out out the detailed findings to him.
They weren't all allegations of inaccuracy: some were interpretations of events.
Keatley's obituary was supported by all the major sources we consulted and so we shall not be revising it online, although we respect Hussein Amin's different view of his father's history.
Perhaps the definitive view is that of Amnesty International, as set out in a report in June 1978.
"Amnesty International's main concerns are as follows:
1) the overthrow of the rule of law;
2) the extensive practice of murder by government security officers, which often reaches massacre proportions;
3) the institutionalised use of torture;
4) the denial of fundamental human rights guaranteed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights;
5) the regime's constant disregard for the extreme concern expressed by international opinion and international organisations such as the United Nations, which results in the impression that gross human rights violations may be committed with impunity."
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