Kyadondo East MP Bobi Wine has been arrested in Kampala’s Kaleerwe neighborhood just two days after being released from house arrest. Facing charges over his role in convoking demonstrations against …
Writing in Quartz Africa, South African journalist Lynsey Chutel looks at Bobi Wine’s recent arrest and what it means that even the full power of the state cannot quash the …
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The United States Embassy in Kampala recently released the following statement of concern over the Ugandan government’s increasing crackdown on the freedom of expression: Today we join the many Ugandans …
Read moreUS Embassy Statement on Repression, Persecution in Uganda
The Lantos Foundation for Human Rights and Justice, a leading non-profit advocating for human dignity around the world, has released the following statement via Facebook on the continuing persecution against …
25 April 2019 The Honourable Donald J Trump President The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC, 20500 Dear Mr President: We are writing to call …
Read moreOpen Letter Calls on President Trump to Halt Support of Museveni Regime in Uganda
News of Bobi Wine’s recent violent arrest at the hands of Ugandan security forces while en route to a scheduled concert in Kampala, the capital, once-again shook the East African nation to …
Read moreUS Congresswoman Condemns Recent Arrest & Detainment of Bobi Wine
CNN reports that Ugandan authorities have surrounded Kyadondo East MP Bobi Wine’s house in Magere. Police have barricaded roads leading to the parliamentarian and singer’s home: “The MP has been …