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Uganda: Stella Nyanzi in Fresh Court Fight Against Mental Check
Observer, 26 May 2017
In her constitutional petition challenging the 1938 Mental Treatment Act, Makerere University researcher Stella Nyanzi says the state wants to embarrass her by insisting she takes… Read more »
Uganda's Stella Nyanzi Continues to Fight Mental Status Test
The social activist and an academic who has approached the Constitutional Court to block the government's move to have her subjected to a mental status test. Nyanzi is facing charges of cybercrime and offensive communication for allegedly calling President Yoweri Museveni a "pair of buttocks" on her Facebook wall.
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Uganda: Stella Nyanzi Goes to ConCourt to Stop Mental Status Test
Monitor, 25 May 2017
Controversial Makerere University Research Fellow, Dr Stella Nyanzi has run to the Constitutional Court to block to the government's move to have her subjected to a mental status… Read more »
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Uganda: Academic Stella Nyanzi Making Waves in Uganda
DW, 24 May 2017
Controversy is her middle name, but Nyanzi refuses to shy away from confronting some of the most feared politicians in Uganda with her unorthodox wit. Read more »
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Uganda: Stella Nyanzi Returns to Court
Monitor, 22 May 2017
Makerere University academic charged with cyber harassment for calling President Museveni a "pair of buttocks" is back is back in court 12 days after she was released on bail. Read more »
InFocus
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An attempt by the Makerere University academic and social activist to avoid the "humiliating" mental examination has failed and her bail was denied pending the results. Nyanzi is ... Read more »
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The Makerere University academic is facing charges of insulting the president because she referred to him as a "pair of buttocks" on her social media. Read more »
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Lawyers representing Makerere University lecturer Stella Nyanzi have protested a move by the state to subject her to medical examination to establish her sanity under a 1938 ... Read more »
