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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 organization that provides legal response to the abuse of civil rights of minorities. He was arrested in a restaurant in the capital, Kampala “by more than a dozen plain-clothed gun-wielding men,” according to a statement released by the organization. He was with four other lawyers at the time.

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