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Viewers: 100,000 By Spy Uganda Kampala-The long-stalled criminal proceedings against former Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives, Geraldine Ssali, could now resume following a landmark Constitutional Court decision that declared unconstitutional provisions of the Human Rights Enforcement Act that allowed courts to acquit accused persons without a full trial based on violations of certain rights. …

The High court in Kampala has ordered that the treason trial of veteran opposition politician Rt Col Dr Kizza Besigye proceed within a week, despite objections from the defence that it has not been given sufficient time to prepare. Besigye is jointly charged with his aide, Hajji Obeid Lutale Kamulegeya, and Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) Capt Denis Oola on …

Uganda’s courts delivered a week of sharp turns, emotional testimony and consequential rulings, with proceedings stretching from a murder trial that has gripped the country to a criminal appeal and a closely watched family dispute involving one of the country’s most recognisable musicians. At the High Court, attention remained fixed on the murder trial of Molly Katanga and four others, …

Former Butambala County legislator and National Unity Platform (NUP) vice president for Central Uganda, Muhammad Muwanga Kivumbi, alongside 24 co-accused individuals, has formally asked the International Crimes Division of the High Court in Kampala to grant them bail as they await trial on terrorism charges. The bail application, filed by Lukwago & Company Advocates in partnership with Alaka & Company …

Post Views: 1 BY kWERONDA ABROSEIN KIGEZIThe Bishop of North Kigezi Diocese, Rt. Rev. Onesmas Asiimwe aka Auncle O, has urged the judiciary to expedite the case of Dr. Kizza Besigye, who has been in prison since November 2024 without being released. The Bishop made the remarks today during the second day of the Youth and Students Convention taking …

Christopher Okello Onyum in court On May 4, 2026, I put down my 55-page decision in Okello v Uganda, Criminal Case No. 0132 of 2026. This is one of those cases that perhaps will re-echo this country’s commitment to fostering the rule of law, a trial that commenced shortly after April 2, 2026 and was concluded on April 30, 2026. …

Prosecutors claim images of same-sex couples expressing affection are obscene   Illustration of LGBTQ legal challenge in Turkey courtesy of JRL Charts   JRL Charts reports: Turkey Puts LGBT Activists on Trial Over “Obscenity” Charges in Escalating Crackdown By Paul Goldberg IZMIR, TURKEY — April 11, 2026 — Eleven LGBTQ activists in Turkey have gone on trial in a case …

KAMPALA — Dr. Kizza Besigye, Uganda’s veteran opposition figure, has now spent 432 consecutive days in detention without conviction, as concerns mount over his deteriorating health and the prolonged pretrial confinement that rights advocates say violates fundamental due process protections. Besigye was seized in Nairobi, Kenya, on November 16, 2024, in what the Commonwealth Secretary-General later described as an “extraterritorial …

Deepening crackdown on LGBT people in Senegal comes amid calls for stiffer penalties Serigne Kosso Mbacké, the son of a high-ranking religious leader in Senegal, has demanded the government introduce stiffer penalties for homosexuality amid a deepening crackdown on queer people. (Photo courtesy of Senenews) The year 2025 wrapped up under very dark clouds for Senegal‘s LGBT+ community, as at …

Hold onto your hard hats, folks! The cement giant that once owned Uganda’s Hima Cement is now mixing in a whole different kind of trouble — terror money! French prosecutors on Tuesday opened a sensational trial against Lafarge, a subsidiary of Switzerland’s Holcim Group, accusing it of funding deadly jihadist groups including ISIS and al-Qaeda’s Nusra Front to keep its …