Komakech who introduced the Private member's bill entitled “Human Rights Defenders Protection Bill 2020 says that human right defenders that undertake to defend the rights of other persons like human rights organizations, activists, and lawyers among others have often been the target of repressive measures by the government, security forces and businesses among others.
Police in Mbarara have failed to produce in court three people who were arrested on Thursday for allegedly conducting a mock funeral for President Yoweri Museveni. Rwizi regional police spokesperson Samson Kasasira says the police are waiting for a file on the matter from the Directorate of Public Prosecutions.
Sumayah Nampeera, Mutesasira’s wife says she cannot imagine spending Christmas without her husband. Nampeera says their three children keep asking for the whereabouts of their dad.
