Lawyers in Uganda under the Uganda Law Society have this ended their three day sit down strike protesting abuse of the law by police and other security agencies. This followed ugly incidents in which police brutally arrested opposition leader Dr. Kizza Besigye as he drove to town. The big eyed colonel had just returned from […]
A three-day sit down strike by lawyers in Uganda, which started on Wednesday has disrupted business at Courts. Court rooms around Kampala have not had any lawyer to enable cases proceed, since hundreds of Uganda Law Society members stormed the High Court premises in Kampala to challenged the continued interference in judicial process by the […]
Human Rights Activists in Uganda have joined lawyers in the country in their three day sit down strike against the Uganda police and other security organs. The Human Rights Network-Uganda Chapter has closed its offices across the country as a gesture of solidarity with members of the Uganda law society in a bid to protect the judiciary […]
The Chief Justice Benjamin Odoki has defended the multiple geographical jurisdictions in which Magistrate Justine Atukwasa moved to try cases involving Forum for Democratic Change President, cases involving Dr.Kizza Besigye. This follows complaints by the Uganda Law Society on how the Nabweru court Magistrate Justine Atukwasa moved in to preside over Besigye’s case in Nakasongola, and laiter in […]
The Uganda Law Society on Wednesdaybegun their three-day sit-down strike at the High Court building in Kampala in which they are protesting the increased brutality of the police force and what they term as eroding of the rule of law. The lawyers led by their President Bruce Kyerere presented a petition to the Chief Justice […]