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==== Uganda ==== In [[Uganda]], the [[State Research Bureau (organisation)|State Research Bureau]] (SRB) was a secret police organisation for [[Idi Amin|President Idi Amin]]. The Bureau tortured many Ugandans, operating on behalf of a regime responsible for more than five hundred thousand violent deaths.<ref>{{Cite web|title=BBC News {{!}} Africa {{!}} Idi Amin's legacy of terror|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/404630.stm|access-date=2021-02-09|website=news.bbc.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Uganda releases former head of Amin's secret police|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1985/12/03/Uganda-releases-former-head-of-Amins-secret-police/4100502434000/|access-date=2021-02-09|website=UPI|language=en}}</ref> The SRB attempted to infiltrate every area of Ugandan life.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Darnton|first=John|date=1979-04-18|title=Secret-Police Records Reveal Vast Paranoia Of Idi Amin's Regime (Published 1979)|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/04/18/archives/secretpolice-records-reveal-vast-paranoia-of-idi-amins-regime.html|access-date=2021-02-09|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
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