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Uganda:
Muslim Leaders Trial to Cost Govt Millions
Monitor, 3 November 2016
The Judiciary has said it needs Shs250m to try Muslim leaders who are charged with murder of rival Muslims clerics and also denied earlier information that the court had suspended… Read more »
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Uganda:
Clerics Murders - How the State Intends to Pin the Accused
Observer, 19 October 2016
The trial of the 14 suspects behind last year's murder of Muslim clerics kicked off yesterday in the International Criminal division of High court. Read more »
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Uganda:
Muslim Clerics' Murders Trial Starts
Observer, 19 October 2016
The trial of 14 suspects accused of killing Muslim clerics between 2014 and 2015 kicked off yesterday with a prosecution witness, a medical billing clerk, telling the International… Read more »
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Uganda:
Muslim Clerics' Lawyers Want Prince Nakibinge to Testify
Observer, 9 September 2016
Monday's revelation in court that the titular head of the Muslim community in Uganda, Prince Kassim Nakibinge, was one of the targets in the recent rampant murder of Muslim clerics… Read more »
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Uganda:
Uganda Drops Charges Against 17 in Muslim Clerics Murder Trial
East African, 5 September 2016
Uganda has dropped charges against 17 of 32 suspects accused of perpetrating a string of murders of Muslim clerics over a period of two years. Read more »
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Uganda:
DPP Drops Charges Against 17 Muslim Clerics Murder Suspects
Observer, 5 September 2016
The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Mike Chibita has dropped murder charges against 17 out of 32 suspects accused of masterminding the murder of several Muslim clerics across… Read more »
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Uganda:
Muslim Clerics Murder Suspects to Sue Kayihura Over Torture
Observer, 14 August 2016
Eight persons accused of masterminding the shooting of Muslim clerics last year, have instructed their lawyers to file a torture case against the Inspector General of Police (IGP)… Read more »
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Uganda:
Chief Justice Katureebe Petitioned Over Sheikhs' Trial
Observer, 1 August 2016
Lawyers of the 32 persons accused of killing Muslim clerics have written to Chief Justice Bart Katureebe, raising legal questions about how the International crimes division [ICD]… Read more »
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Uganda:
Muslim Clerics Ask Katureeba to Set Court Rules For Their Trial
Monitor, 1 August 2016
Jailed Muslim clerics have asked Chief Justice Bart Katureebe to intervene and administratively streamline the rules of procedure governing the International Crimes Division (ICD)… Read more »
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Uganda:
Lawyers Urge Court Cannot Try Suspects in 2014 Muslim Clerics Killing
Observer, 22 July 2016
At Monday's hearing, which ended in the eighth adjournment, lawyers argued that the International crimes division [ICD] of the High court has no jurisdiction to try the 32 persons… Read more »