comparemela.com

Latest Breaking News On - Freenicholasopiyo ugandapic - Page 1 : comparemela.com

Nicholas Opiyo: LGBT+ rights advocate violently arrested in Uganda

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 arrested: Anthony Odur, Herbert Dakasi, Simon Peter Esomu and Tenywa Hamid. The organisation said it was deeply concerned about the “abduction and incommunicado detention” of Opiyo.

© 2024 Vimarsana

vimarsana © 2020. All Rights Reserved.