Spotlight on East Africa crackdown on rights, freedoms
Ugandan musician turned politician Robert Kyagulanyi, commonly known as Bobi Wine, is arrested by police on his way to a press conference held to announce the cancelation of his show at Busabala, Uganda, on April 22, 2019. PHOTO | BADRU KATUMBA | AFP
From Lamu to Ngorongoro to Kaboong, East African governments are in the international spotlight for human rights violations, even as serious questions over resolve to deal with past injustices come to the fore.
In the Human Rights Watch World Report 2020, released on January 15, the international Human Rights Watch condemns what it terms “regressing trends” within the region.
