Despotic African leaders abuse pandemic to silence critical voices
Case of journalist Geoffrey Twesigye beaten by military policemen in Kampala is the latest human rights abuse
28 February 2021 - 17:44
“Please, please, sorry, NTV please ... I am sorry …,” pleaded Geoffrey Twesigye, a journalist with NTV Uganda, as armed military policemen chased him down and beat him and at least 10 other journalists in Kampala, Uganda’s capital.
The journalists were attempting to cover the presentation of a petition to the UN office of the high commissioner for human rights on February 17 concerning opposition politician Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine. A Kampala metropolitan police spokesperson described the gathering as an illegal assembly that violated the government’s Covid-19 guidelines...
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