Saturday, August 10, 2013
UN experts urge Uganda to repeal new public assembly restrictions
[JURIST] Independent UN experts on Friday called for the repeal of recently passed legislation in Uganda limiting the size of public demonstrations. Known as the Public Order Management Bill, passed on Tuesday [JURIST report], Uganda now prohibits protests [UN press release] of more than three people without prior police authorization. Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, Margaret Sekaggya [official website], expressed her disapproval of the law, claiming its purpose is directly aimed at suppressing the freedom of...
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