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End of Road for Walukagga as Court Upholds Electoral Commission’s Decision

December 21, 2025 0

End of Road for Walukagga as Court Upholds Electoral Commissions

Kampala– High Court Judge, Simon Peter Kinobe has dismissed a petition in which Singer Mathias Walukagga was challenging the decision of the Electoral Commission (EC) that denominated him from the official list of contestants for Busiro East Parliamentary seat. Mathias Walukagga A week back, the Electoral Commission ruled in favor of John Lubowa Kilimiro, a registered voter in who brought …

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Morocco upholds 30-month sentence for activist’s blasphemous T-shirt

October 20, 2025 0

Ibtissame (Betty) Lachgar (Photo courtesy of Chnge.org)

LGBT/feminist/atheist activist is in a Morocco prison for questioning Allah’s sexuality Ibtissame (Betty) Lachgar (Photo courtesy of Yabiladi.com) An appeals court in Rabat, Morocco, has upheld a 30-month prison sentence for feminist/atheist/LGBT activist Ibtissame “Betty” Lachgar, 50, who was convicted of blasphemy for an online post that showed her wearing a T-shirt displaying the word “Allah” in Arabic, followed by …

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