EU demands immediate release of Ugandan author Kakwenza
Ugandan award-winning novelist Kakwenza Rukirabashaija was bundled into a vehicle by unknown people shortly after being released from prison on bail. PHOTO | COURTESY
The European Union has called for the immediate release of Ugandan author Kakwenza Rukirabashaija, who was picked up Tuesday by suspected security operatives minutes after a Court in Kampala set him free on bail.
In a statement issued Wednesday, the EU and embassies of its member states in Uganda said the arrest of the author is “a clear disrespect to the rule of law and the right of a Ugandan citizen to a fair trial.”
