Uganda: Call for Immediate Release of prominent human rights defender- Nicholas Opiyo and two others.
23 December 2020
The undersigned organisations strongly condemn the arbitrary arrest of renowned human rights defender Nicholas Opiyo. On 22 December, Opiyo in the company of two other lawyers Odur Anthony and Esomu Simon were arrested at about 4.00pm by plain clothed security agents at Lamaro restaurant in Kamokya suburb, Kampala, and bundled in a vehicle. The Uganda Police Force in a brief statement confirmed his arrest by
