Olivia Lutaaya, who has spent the better part of the last 5 years incarcerated, was yesterday released from prison.
Her latest detention stemmed from a November 2025 arrest while on the campaign trail of the @NUP_Ug presidential candidate.
#FreeAllPoliticalPrisonersUg
Her latest detention stemmed from a November 2025 arrest while on the campaign trail of the @NUP_Ug presidential candidate.
#FreeAllPoliticalPrisonersUg
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More than two months now since Ronald Kizito Jjuuko was shot and killed by an officer of @PoliceUg during the National Cleaning Day.
His family is still crying out for justice.
His family is still crying out for justice.
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The High Court in Kenya has ordered Police IG Kanja, DCI boss Amin and Ruai Police Station boss to produce missing Tanzanian human rights defender Twaha Mwaiyapa, dead or alive, in court on Monday, November 2, 2026.
#FreeTwahaMwaipaya
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Opposition National Unity Platform (@NUP_Ug) supporter Olivia Lutaaya has been released from Luzira Women's Prison today, October 30, 2026, after spending much of the past five years in detention.
Authorities first arrested Lutaaya in May 2021 and charged her with treachery and ammunition. After approximately 40 months in detention, she pleaded guilty in October 2024. President Museveni subsequently pardoned her and 18 other NUP supporters in November 2024.
Authorities arrested her again in November 2025 in Mbarara alongside other NUP supporters and charged them in connection with alleged unlawful military-style training at NUP headquarters and remanded her to prison.
Her case reflects a wider pattern of political detainees pleading guilty or accepting plea bargains after prolonged incarceration. The cases also raise serious questions about prolonged pretrial detention, access to bail and the pressure that incarceration places on accused persons to plead guilty to regain their freedom. Other political detainees, including Doreen Kaija, who have rejected the plea-bargain route and continue to pursue their cases through the courts and remain in prison without bail.
#FreeAllPoliticalPrisonersUg
Authorities first arrested Lutaaya in May 2021 and charged her with treachery and ammunition. After approximately 40 months in detention, she pleaded guilty in October 2024. President Museveni subsequently pardoned her and 18 other NUP supporters in November 2024.
Authorities arrested her again in November 2025 in Mbarara alongside other NUP supporters and charged them in connection with alleged unlawful military-style training at NUP headquarters and remanded her to prison.
Her case reflects a wider pattern of political detainees pleading guilty or accepting plea bargains after prolonged incarceration. The cases also raise serious questions about prolonged pretrial detention, access to bail and the pressure that incarceration places on accused persons to plead guilty to regain their freedom. Other political detainees, including Doreen Kaija, who have rejected the plea-bargain route and continue to pursue their cases through the courts and remain in prison without bail.
#FreeAllPoliticalPrisonersUg
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COSASE report findings on Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) on monitoring of detention facilities.
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Twaha Mwaipaya, Tanzanian Human rights defender was abducted by armed men in plain clothes in Nairobi on October 25,2026.
5 days later, he is still missing, his whereabouts remain unknown.
#WhereIsTwahaMwaipaya? @WilliamsRuto @SuluhuSamia
#FreeTwahaMwaipaya
5 days later, he is still missing, his whereabouts remain unknown.
#WhereIsTwahaMwaipaya? @WilliamsRuto @SuluhuSamia
#FreeTwahaMwaipaya
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4 Days since Tanzanian Human rights defender, Twaha Mwaipaya was abducted from Nairobi-Kenya, his whereabouts remain unknown.
#FreeTwahaMwaipaya
#FreeTwahaMwaipaya
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"When a man can be plucked from a taxi in broad daylight and the only thing missing is the government's ur- gency, then we have not lost a person, we have lost the principle that Kenya is a country of laws."
#FreeTwahaMwaipaya
#EndAbductionsEA
#FreeTwahaMwaipaya
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Agora Discourse retweeted
‼️UPDATE FROM 🇹🇿 SIDE ON TWAHA MWAIPAYA‼️
#FreeTwahaMwaipaya
Information from 🇹🇿 source: After failing to cross with vehicles, they are now planning to cross Twaha in an ambulance or some military vehicle
@NPSOfficial_KE @DCI_Kenya
Everybody be vigilant! If anyone asks for help 😭🇰🇪 Twaha is a fighter!
All vehicles have to be searched and all borders sealed until they release Twaha
Hawa wapumbavu na washirika wao wanahaha namna ya kumvusha sasa wanapanga eti kumvusha na ambulance au gari la kijeshi! Yaani watumishi wa umma mnaokubali huu upumbavu tutawawajibisha na hatutawasamehe mkishiriki kwenye huu upumbavu!
Mwachieni Twaha
#FreeTwahaMwaipaya
#FreeTwahaMwaipaya
Information from 🇹🇿 source: After failing to cross with vehicles, they are now planning to cross Twaha in an ambulance or some military vehicle
@NPSOfficial_KE @DCI_Kenya
Everybody be vigilant! If anyone asks for help 😭🇰🇪 Twaha is a fighter!
All vehicles have to be searched and all borders sealed until they release Twaha
Hawa wapumbavu na washirika wao wanahaha namna ya kumvusha sasa wanapanga eti kumvusha na ambulance au gari la kijeshi! Yaani watumishi wa umma mnaokubali huu upumbavu tutawawajibisha na hatutawasamehe mkishiriki kwenye huu upumbavu!
Mwachieni Twaha
#FreeTwahaMwaipaya
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. @VOCALAfrica_ together with @_PASNET have filed a habeas corpus application at the Nairobi High Court-Kenya, seeking the release of Twaha Mwaipaya, a Tanzanian activist who was abducted in Kenya on Sunday afternoon. #FreeTwahaMwaipaya
"When did Kenya stop being a safe haven for olitical asylum?"
#EndAbductionsEA
"When did Kenya stop being a safe haven for olitical asylum?"
#EndAbductionsEA
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Agora Discourse retweeted
Flavian Zeija’s November 21 celebration: A spectre on our national conscience
In Rukungiri, three sons of the same soil tell different stories about Uganda.
Flavian Zeija sits at the top of the Judiciary. Kizza Besigye has spent nearly two years in detention, and court arked by denied bail applications and deteriorating health.
Videos and testimonies of a tortured Sam Mugumya are everywhere, and yet his lawyer’s habeas corpus applications continue to fall on deaf ears. On November 21, Zeija will celebrate his first year as Chief Justice in the very district they all call home.
There will be food, singing and thanksgiving. But what does it mean to celebrate the head of the Judiciary while fellow sons of the same soil are caught up in questions about freedom, detention and justice?
observer.ug/viewpoint/flav…
In Rukungiri, three sons of the same soil tell different stories about Uganda.
Flavian Zeija sits at the top of the Judiciary. Kizza Besigye has spent nearly two years in detention, and court arked by denied bail applications and deteriorating health.
Videos and testimonies of a tortured Sam Mugumya are everywhere, and yet his lawyer’s habeas corpus applications continue to fall on deaf ears. On November 21, Zeija will celebrate his first year as Chief Justice in the very district they all call home.
There will be food, singing and thanksgiving. But what does it mean to celebrate the head of the Judiciary while fellow sons of the same soil are caught up in questions about freedom, detention and justice?
observer.ug/viewpoint/flav…
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Key issues in the COSASE report concerning the Uganda Human Rights Commission.
First, financial issues as shown in the graphics below;
First, financial issues as shown in the graphics below;
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48 days have passed since Baba TV journalist Eria Jjengo was disappeared on September 10, 2026. His whereabouts remain unknown.
Jjengo left his newsroom in Ntinda, Kampala, to buy lunch. Witness accounts indicate that people in an unmarked vehicle intercepted him as he returned inside. His phone, laptop and other personal belongings remained at the office.
The disappearance was reported to Kira Road Police Station on September 11. Jjengo had worked at Baba TV for more than four years, covering crime and security. His recent reporting included Uganda’s military cooperation with Rwanda and the Defence Minister’s appearance before a parliamentary committee. Article 23(4)(b) of Uganda’s Constitution requires an arrested person, if not released earlier, to be brought before a court within 48 hours. Article 23(5) provides for access to a lawyer and notification of the place of detention. Article 9(1) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights prohibits arbitrary arrest and detention, while Article 6 of the African Charter protects against arbitrary deprivation of liberty.
If Jjengo is in state custody, authorities must disclose his whereabouts and ensure his constitutional rights are respected. If he is not, they must urgently investigate his disappearance, pursue the reported vehicle leads and establish his fate.
Jjengo left his newsroom in Ntinda, Kampala, to buy lunch. Witness accounts indicate that people in an unmarked vehicle intercepted him as he returned inside. His phone, laptop and other personal belongings remained at the office.
The disappearance was reported to Kira Road Police Station on September 11. Jjengo had worked at Baba TV for more than four years, covering crime and security. His recent reporting included Uganda’s military cooperation with Rwanda and the Defence Minister’s appearance before a parliamentary committee. Article 23(4)(b) of Uganda’s Constitution requires an arrested person, if not released earlier, to be brought before a court within 48 hours. Article 23(5) provides for access to a lawyer and notification of the place of detention. Article 9(1) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights prohibits arbitrary arrest and detention, while Article 6 of the African Charter protects against arbitrary deprivation of liberty.
If Jjengo is in state custody, authorities must disclose his whereabouts and ensure his constitutional rights are respected. If he is not, they must urgently investigate his disappearance, pursue the reported vehicle leads and establish his fate.
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"The brazen disappearance of Tanzanian activist Twaha Mwaipaya in broad daylight has exposed a chilling pattern of cross-border repression, raising fears that Nairobi is becoming a hunting ground for authoritarian regimes."
#FreeTwahaMwaipaya
#FreeTwahaMwaipaya
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