Uganda: ‘Human rights defenders are being targeted’
By DW
15 January 2021 |
3:22 pm
Human rights lawyer Nicholas Opiyo describes an ever-worsening atmosphere for civil society, its defenders and journalists ahead of the presidential election.
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