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TASSC International Statement on the Abduction of Ugandan Human Rights Lawyer Nicholas Opiyo and Fellow Lawyers
December 23, 2020 GMT
TASSC International Statement on the Abduction of Ugandan Human Rights Lawyer Nicholas Opiyo and Fellow Lawyers
TASSC International Statement on the Abduction of Ugandan Human Rights Lawyer Nicholas Opiyo and Fellow Lawyers
WASHINGTON - December 22, 2020 - ( Newswire.com )
TASSC International has learned that Ugandan human rights activist Nicholas Opiyo was abducted today, Dec. 22, 2020, in a restaurant, in the Kamwokya area (Uganda) with a group of other human rights lawyers - Dakasi Herbert, Odur Anthony, and Esomu Obure - by unidentified Ugandan security operatives. Mr. Opiyo is the respected Executive Director of Chapter Four, a civil liberties organization dedicated to supporting human rights and pro-democracy activism in Uganda. We are deeply troubled