Press Statement on the Case of Henry Mukiibi & 20 Others vs Attorney General

HIGH COURT FINDS MAYOR LIABLE FOR VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS TO FREEDOM
FROM TORTURE, INHUMAN AND DEGRADING TREATMENT AND THE RIGHT TO
PRIVACY OF 20 SUSPECTED LGBTIQ YOUTHS ARRESTED DURING THE COVID-19
LOCKDOWN

On 22nd November 2024, Justice Dr. Douglas Karekona Singiza of the High Court of Uganda
issued the long-awaited judgment in the case of Henry Mukiibi & 20 Others v Attorney General,
Miscellaneous Cause No. 179 of 2020, which has been pending since 2020. Justice Singiza found
the then Kyengera Town Council LC III Chairperson (Mayor), Hajji Abdul Kiyimba and Kyengera
Town Council liable for the violations of the human rights of 20 youths who were arrested during
the COVID-19 lockdown in 2020.

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