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Uganda rights lawyer freed on bail after week in detention by Rodney Muhumuza, The Associated Press Posted Dec 30, 2020 5:30 am EDT Last Updated Dec 30, 2020 at 5:44 am EDT KAMPALA, Uganda — A prominent rights attorney jailed in Uganda over criminal charges was freed on bail on Wednesday amid intense pressure from the international community and watchdog groups urging authorities to respect human rights ahead of elections in January. Nicholas Opiyo had spent a week in prison, charged with money laundering after officials queried a $340,000 transfer into a bank account held by the rights gro...

December 30, 2020 02:58:33 pm On Wednesday human rights activist and civil rights lawyer Nicholas Opiyo was freed on bail. Justice Jane Okuo Kajuga of the High Court ruled that Opiyo may be released from prison after making a cash deposit and surrendering his passport. Opiyo’s arrest on December 22 for allegedly violating the Anti-Money Laundering Act sparked worldwide criticism and concern. Ugandan authorities determined that Opiyo received funds for his organization, Chapter Four Uganda, that were procured via criminal activity. Chapter Four Uganda, a nonprofit group that strives to prote...

UN rights experts urge Uganda to halt pre-election violence, arrests By Nidal al-Mughrabi FILE PHOTO: Ugandan pop star and presidential candidate Bobi Wine campaigns near Kampala GENEVA (Reuters) – United Nations human rights experts called on Uganda on Tuesday to rein in violent security forces and drop charges against political opponents and activists arrested in what the experts termed an election clampdown. Pop star Bobi Wine has emerged as the strongest challenger to President Yoweri Museveni in the presidential election scheduled for Jan. 14. On Sunday Wine, whose real na...

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 organization that provides legal response to the abuse of civil rights of minorities. He was arreste...

"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.