Human rights activist, Femi Falana has forwarded a petition to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (UN-WGAD), demanding that the continued house arrest of Bobi Wine be declared unconstitutional.
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has submitted a complaint to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (UN-WGAD) over the continued house arrest of Ugandan opposition figure, Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine. Mr Falana, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, disclosed this and made a copy of the complaint available in mails sent
Uganda: Tension mounts as Museveni turns the screw
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Epajjar Ojulu reports from Kampala.
Tension continues to grip Uganda in the aftermath of the controversial Presidential and parliamentary poll on 14 January. Massive arrests of opposition supporters and polling agents have been reported across the country.
On Sunday soldiers gunned down two opposition supporters in the south-western Masaka district. Army spokeswoman Brigadier Flavia Byekwaso told the media that the victims were fomenting violence.
The main opposition leader, Bobi Wine, continues to be under house arrest. Local and international human rights organisations have called for his release. He has complained that he has run out of food and other essentials and no one is allowed to visit him.