Rare Armed Forces Apology After Kampala Brutality
The streets of Kampala this week were home to scenes of violent repression more reminiscent of the Idi Amin era than of the 21st century. The BBC reports that the …
Femi Kuti, Brian Eno, Peter Gabriel, Chris Martin and Others Sign Letter of Support for Bobi Wine
“We, the undersigned, strongly condemn the arrest, imprisonment and vicious, life-threatening physical attack by Ugandan government forces on popular Ugandan singer and Member of Parliament, the Honourable Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, …
Amsterdam & Partners LLP Retained by Ugandan Political Prisoner Bobi Wine
The following press release was distributed to media on 20 August 2018. Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, an opposition Member of Parliament of Kyadondo East constituency in Uganda who is most widely …
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US State Department on Bobi Wine
The US Embassy in Uganda has released a statement expressing concern over the mistreatment of Member of Parliament Robert Kyagulanyi (Bobi Wine). The text is below: We are deeply concerned …
UHRC Statement on Bobi Wine
A report by the Uganda Human Rights Commission-UHRC has indicated that legislators Robert Kyagulanyi and Francis Zaake were severely tortured while under police custody following their arrest early this week. …
EU Joins International Chorus Condemning Treatment of Bobi Wine
Last week in Kampala, a coalition of European Union diplomats and ambassadors from Iceland and Norway published a joint statement condemning the violent nature and suspicious circumstances regarding the arrest …
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Amnesty International Demands Investigation of Murder of Bobi Wine’s Driver
Amnesty International has issued the following statement demanding a full and proper investigation into the death of Yasin Kawuma: Responding to Ugandan police claims that the driver of an opposition …
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