Live Breaking News & Updates on Ine Student Climate Activists In Uganda Will Again Appear Beforea Kampala Court Charged With Quot Common Nuisance For Their Activism Againsta Proposed Oil Pipeline They Were Arrested And Last Year While Marching To Delivera Petition The European Union 39s Mission Supportinga Parliament Resolution Raised Significant Concerns

Click to expand Image Ugandan security officials detain a protester during a march in support of the European Parliament resolution to stop the construction of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline in Kampala, Uganda, October 4, 2022. 2022 REUTERS/Abubaker Lubowa On Monday, nine student climate activists in Uganda will again appear before a Kampala court charged with "common nuisance" for their activism against a proposed oil pipeline. They were arrested and charged last year while marching to deliver a petition to the European Union's mission in Kampala supporting a European Parliament resolution. The resolution raised significant concerns, including environmental ones, about the planned East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) and urged against its construction. In sharp contrast to the treatment of the climate activists, days earlier, students protesting against the resolution had received police protection. The unfounded and politically motivated charges against the act ....

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