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Prominent LGBTQ rights lawyer arrested in Uganda; charges slammed as ‘flimsy, laughable and politically motivated’ © Provided by New York Daily News A prominent human rights lawyer known for representing the LGBTQ community in Uganda was arrested on Tuesday, but critics say that charges against him are baseless and politically motivated. Nicholas Opiyo, whose Twitter bio describes him as a “crusading Ugandan human rights attorney,” is the executive director of Chapter Four Uganda, an ...

"In an appalling abuse of the legal system, Uganda plans to detain human rights lawyer Nicholas Opiyo through the Christmas holiday," said the chairman on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Rep. Eliot Engel.