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The Conviction of a Human Rights Lawyer Must Be Overturned

Summary by amnesty.be
On 7 January, Eron Kiiza, a Ugandan human rights lawyer, was found guilty of "insulting the court" and sentenced to nine months in prison by the Kampala Military Court, for protesting after he was prevented from going to the part of the military court where his client, Kizza Besigye, was charged. He spent 88 days in arbitrary detention, until the Uganda High Court granted him bail on 4 April. During his arrest and prior to his transfer to the de…
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On 7 January, Eron Kiiza, a Ugandan human rights lawyer, was found guilty of "insulting the court" and sentenced to nine months in prison by the Kampala Military Court, for protesting after he was prevented from going to the part of the military court where his client, Kizza Besigye, was charged. He spent 88 days in arbitrary detention, until the Uganda High Court granted him bail on 4 April. During his arrest and prior to his transfer to the de…

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amnesty.be broke the news in on Friday, July 18, 2025.
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