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Court orders state to expedite investigations into Nicholas Opiyo case January 12, 2021 Nicholas Opiyo in court on Monday The Anti-Corruption court has tasked the directorate of public prosecution (DPP) to expedite investigations in the case where human rights lawyer Nicholas Opiyo is accused of money laundering. State attorney, Steven Ariong on Monday informed court that investigations were incomplete and needed more time to finalise them. Opiyo’s lawyer David Mpanga asked court to direct the DPP to expedite the investigations to enable his cli...

Daily Monitor Wednesday January 06 2021 Nicholas Opiyo (centre) leaves Nakawa Court after he was charged with money laundering last Thursday. PHOTO /STEPHEN OTAGE. Summary The meeting expected to commence at 2:30pm was prompted by two petitions from concerned lawyers about alleged brutality against them by security personnel. Advertisement Lawyers under their professional association Uganda Law Society (ULS) have called for a crisis meeting to discuss their colleagues’ arrest by security forces. “Notice is hereby given that an extraordinary general meeting of the Uganda Law Society, will ...

December 24, 2020 Nicholas Opiyo at court earlier Human rights lawyer, Nicholas Opiyo will spend his Christmas in Kitalya prison where he has been remanded on money laundering charges. He appeared this morning before the Nakawa chief magistrate Dr. Douglas Singiza who read for him the charges of money laundering. The magistrate didn’t allow Opiyo to plead to the charges, saying his court lacks jurisdiction over the matter. He, therefore, remanded Opiyo to Kitalya prison until December 28, 2020. Judiciary spokesperson, Solomon Muyita, says Opiyo’s file has been forwarded to the registrar ...

Nicholas Opiyo, a lawyer who has fought tirelessly for LGBT+ rights, was arrested on money laundering charges. (Facebook) High-profile Ugandan LGBT+ rights lawyer Nicholas Opiyo was “violently arrested” on money laundering charges in what activists have said was “an attack on human rights defenders”. Opiyo is well-known for representing LGBT+ people in the harshly anti-LGBT+ African country. He was arrested in a restaurant in Kampala on Tuesday (22 December), according to Chapter Four Uganda, a human rights organisation of which he is executive director. Four other lawyers were also a...