Daily Monitor
Thursday December 24 2020
Summary
The arrest of Mr Opiyo and four of his colleagues Herbert Dakasi, Anthony Odur, Esomu Obure and NUP s Human Rights Officer Hamid Tenywa aroused criticism both in Uganda and abroad.
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Activists have asked the US to impose targeted sanctions on senior leaders of the Ugandan police force, following the arrest of human rights lawyer Nicholas Opiyo.
Police on Tuesday arrested Mr Opiyo, a human rights lawyer and Executive Director of Chapter Four Uganda. Mr Opiyo was at a restaurant with four other lawyers when he was reportedly blindfolded and bundled in a car by plainclothes officers.
Daily Monitor
Wednesday December 23 2020
This photo tweeted by DP presidential candidate Norbert Mao on December 23, 2020 shows (L-R) Kasese woman MP, Winnie Kiiza, detained human rights lawyer, Nicholas Opiyo and Mao himself at Special investigations Unit in Kireka.
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Summary
Mr Opiyo has built his name as a human rights defender and often times been at loggerheads with the government over a number of human rights abuses.
Mr Opiyo was reportedly arrested alongside other lawyers investigating the November 18th and 19th 2020 riots, in which over 50 people were shot dead during protests triggered by his arrest.
They include Herbert Dakasi, Anthony Odur and Esomu Obure and NUP s Human Rights Officer, Hamid Tenywa.