Daily Monitor
Tuesday February 23 2021
Former presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi addresses a press conference at the NUP party offices in Kamwokya, Kampala, yesterday. Inset is Chief Justice Alphonse Owiny-Dollo. PHOTO/MICHAEL KAKUMIRIZI.
Summary
The unique decision taken by the leader of the National Unity Platform party is the first of its kind in Uganda’s post-independence era.
The petition had lasted 22 days in court of the stipulated 45.
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He announced he was withdrawing his presidential petition challenging the re-election of President Museveni.
He said instead he would seek redress in the “court of public opinion”, claiming Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo has since become “chief injustice.”
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Daily Monitor
Monday December 14 2020
This file photo taken in May 2013 shows Policemen arresting a journalist in Kampala. Human Rights Network for Journalists and local journalists had organised a demonstration protesting the closure of the Daily Monitor and Red Pepper newspapers, a move perceived by experts as a violation of human rights. PHOTO/FILE/MORGAN MBABAZI.
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The Uganda Human Rights Commission [UHRC] is a body established in the Constitution clothed with the core mandate of investigating human rights violations and awarding compensation to the victims.
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Lawyers have asked President Museveni to urgently appoint a substantive chairperson of the Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) to resolve the escalating rights violations during the political season.