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Press release content from Newswire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. TASSC International Statement on the Abduction of Ugandan Human Rights Lawyer Nicholas Opiyo and Fellow Lawyers December 23, 2020 GMT TASSC International Statement on the Abduction of Ugandan Human Rights Lawyer Nicholas Opiyo and Fellow Lawyers TASSC International Statement on the Abduction of Ugandan Human Rights Lawyer Nicholas Opiyo and Fellow Lawyers WASHINGTON - December 22, 2020 - ( Newswire.com ) TA...

English By Halima Athumani Share on Facebook Print this page KAMPALA, UGANDA - Ugandan rights activists are calling on authorities to release human rights lawyer Nicholas Opio, who was arrested Tuesday on allegations of money laundering.  Supporters say Opio is being persecuted for his activism. A group of lawyers and activists went to the Special Investigative Unit of the Ugandan police Wednesday to demand access to Opio and to ask police t...

Ugandas top human rights lawyer Nicholas Opiyo jailed ahead of elections Issued on: 2020-12-23 uganda nicholas opiyo human rights lawyer © facebook/Nicholas Opiyo 4 min Uganda’s most prominent human rights lawyer, Nicholas Opiyo, has been arrested along with three other lawyers and a human rights officer for opposition candidate Bobi Wine’s National Unity Platform party. The group was picked up on Tuesday by plainclothes men ...

HIV/Aids stigma in courts is the dilemma for lawyers and judges December 23, 2020 Written by PAUL MUKIIBI According to the resolution adopted by the United Nations General Assembly, the HIV epidemic remains one of the leadi...

Text size Ugandan police said they arrested leading human rights lawyer and activist Nicholas Opiyo over allegations of money laundering on Tuesday, just weeks before the East African country holds a tense presidential election. Opiyo has previously represented opposition leader Bobi Wine, who is seen as the main challenger to President Yoweri Musevenis bid to extend his 35 years in power. The Ugandan police force tweeted that Opiyo was arrested "by a Joint Task team of Security and Finan...

Daily Monitor Tuesday December 22 2020 Summary Mr Opiyo was arrested with three other lawyers; Herbert Dakasi, Anthony Odur and Esomu Obure.  Mr Hamid Tenywa, a National Unity Platform (NUP) human rights Officer, was also arrested alongside the four lawyers.  Advertisement Mr Nicholas Opiyo, a human rights lawyer based in Kampala has been arrested by plain cloth security men, his team said Tuesday.  Mr Opiyo represents the Non-Government Organisations (NGOs) whose accounts were blocked by se...

City officials said the Park Master Plan development process is continuing. During the Parks and Recreation Boards virtual regular session the panel received insight regarding plan direction.  "I know there have been a lot of questions about what the final product is going to look like and what our next steps are," Michael Kashuba, the citys Parks and Recreation Department director, said. "Were also looking at discussing this in our January meeting. That will allow us to hear feedback from t...

August 2006 Aatif Rashid December 9, 2020 If you had to chose four to five incidents from your adolescence and youth and then arrange them into a compact novel that captures not only the complexities of that specific period of growing up but also something fundamental about the era in which you lived, could you do it? That is essentially what Anthony Powell did in A Question of Upbringing, the first book of his twelve-volume series A Dance to the Music of Time. I’ve written about Powe...