Excitement As Court Sets Museveni Critic Stella Nyanzi Free
After being sentenced to 18 months in prison for the "cyber harassment" of President Yoweri Museveni, Ugandan activist Stella Nyanzi has won her court appeal and a judge has ordered her immediate release. Nyanzi, who is one of Museveni's fiercest critics, had been in jail since November 2018.
Stella Nyanzi addressing journalists (file photo).
InFocus
-
The High Court in Kampala has awarded former Makerere University research fellow and activist, Stella Nyanzi over U.S.$13,000 in damages for the violation of her right to movement. ... Read more »
-
A Ugandan high court has pushed back to November 8, 2019, activist Stella Nyanzi's case against Makerere University, in which she accuses the institution of refusing to pay her ... Read more »
-
On August 2, 2019, Magistrate Gladys Kamasanyu Musenze sentenced controversial Makerere University academic Stella Nyanzi to 18 months in prison, after she was convicted of cyber ... Read more »