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Uganda’s CDF Muhoozi Kainerugaba strikes again—this time targeting former Kampala Mayor Elias Lukwago. Special forces stormed his home & whisked him away. The CDF has posted on X what appeared to be a photo of Lukwago blindfolded in a basement Senate Foreign Relations Committee BBC CNN The Guardian Volker Türk
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Breaking: Former Political Prisoner Olivia Lutaaya Violently Arrested During Ambush on Bobi Wine’s Campaign in Mbarara Olivia Lutaaya—mother of two and ex–political prisoner who spent nearly four years in military detention for her NUP activism—has again been violently arrested amid a military ambush targeting BOBI WINE’s campaign team. #UGANDADECIDES2026 Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Council on Foreign Relations BBC News Africa The Associated Press Abdi Latif Dahir Kenneth Roth Human Rights Watch The Electoral Commission - Uganda UN Human Rights Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces (UPDF) Uganda Police Force DW News FRANCE 24 Al Jazeera English ABC News The New York Times The Wall Street Journal
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🚨 BREAKING: Reports from a live stream in Gulu City show opposition leader BOBI WINE being confronted and apparently beaten as he headed to a scheduled presidential campaign event. An APC can be seen pointing its gun toward his head, and his associate Daniel Oryeyot appears injured. Military, police, and personnel in SFC uniforms are visible at the scene. Authorities have not yet commented on the incident. CNN BBC News (World) DW News The Associated Press Reuters Int'l Criminal Court Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces (UPDF) Department of State Bureau of African Affairs Human Rights Watch Amnesty International Donald J. Trump Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman European External Action Service - EEAS 🇪🇺
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𝐔𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚’𝐬 𝐔𝐧𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬🇺🇬 BOBI WINE & his campaign team plus black‑clad police officers appointed to him by the Uganda Electoral Commission — have been assaulted by forces from the Special Forces Command, Uganda Police Force and the Uganda People’s Defence Forces UPDF in Jinja city earlier today. Several people reportedly sustained injuries. The regional security forces are under the pseudo command of Salim Saleh. UN Human Rights UN Human Rights Council Volker Türk Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces (UPDF) Department of State Human Rights Watch Donald J. Trump The White House David Lammy UK Parliament European External Action Service - EEAS 🇪🇺 Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman BBC The Guardian Int'l Criminal Court Norbert Mao Larry Madowo Amnesty Kenya
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“We refuse to remove defensive measures.”With that statement, Rwanda president Paul Kagame openly defies the U.S.-brokered Washington Accords, even as the DRC moves to disarm the FDLR. This is a direct rebuke to Washington—and a calculated stall that risks collapsing the agreement. When commitments are ignored with impunity, peace becomes performative, and civilians in Eastern Congo pay the price. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Assistant Secretary Riley Barnes Secretary Marty Walsh Secretary Marco Rubio Assistant Secretary Riley Barnes Donald J. Trump The White House BBC The Associated Press Reuters CNN U.S. Senior Advisor for Arab and African Affairs
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UGANDA: Opposition leader Joel Ssenyonyi condemns the assault on BOBI WINE’s family and the isolation of his wife in their home. Reports of 2,000 opposition members—mainly polling agents and senior National Unity Platform leaders—have disappeared, with more than two dozen killed, per statements attributed to the CDF. These abuses signal a grave assault on political rights and should alarm all who care about democracy. UN Human Rights UN Human Rights Council Int'l Criminal Court Volker Türk António Guterres Department of State Sen. Jeanne Shaheen Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Senate Foreign Relations Committee Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office European External Action Service - EEAS 🇪🇺
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UGANDA | BRUSSELS: Her Excellency Mirjam Blaak Sow, Uganda’s ambassador in Brussels, renounced her Dutch citizenship in the 1980s to serve the regime of Gen. Museveni. During her tenure in Europe’s political capital, Museveni’s gov’t has continued to evade meaningful international accountability for grave abuses — from atrocities in Northern Uganda and cross-border violence in Eastern Congo, to the 2016 killings in Kasese and the 2020 massacre in Kampala, alongside ongoing repression and systemic human rights violations. Close proximity to institutions such as the Int'l Criminal Court and other international bodies must not translate into diplomatic cover for impunity. A decade ago, in a sit-down interview with renowned columnist Femi Akomolafe, Blaak Sow spoke candidly about her commitment to the regime. Today, the international community must ensure that diplomatic influence and elite networks do not shield those credibly accused of serious violations from scrutiny and justice. Int'l Criminal Court European Parliament European External Action Service - EEAS 🇪🇺 African Union Mirjam Blaak Sow Hilde Vautmans Christophe Clergeau BOBI WINE Ingeborg ter Laak Sergio Berlato Marc Botenga MEP Johan Borgstam António Costa EU Council United Nations Geneva The Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy EU CouncilPress BBC The Associated Press Łukasz Kohut 🇪🇺 Sebastião R. Bugalho Inese Vaidere Reinhold Lopatka davidmcallister Isabel Wiseler-Lima
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#UGANDA Presidential candidate BOBI WINE was seen rushing his campaign team members back and forth from harm’s way to safety as military and police forces unleashed a violent ambush on his campaign convoy. The attack, reportedly ordered by Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the CDF and son of Yoweri Museveni—who has ruled Uganda for over 40 years—targeted the opposition after a mass rally in Museveni’s stronghold in Mbarara. Women were molested, journalists beaten, and dozens of supporters arrested. Security forces deployed pepper spray, electric tasers, and batons. Bobi Wine’s sister was beaten and pepper-sprayed, while his wife was tear-gassed. Young women were forcibly undressed by soldiers. Uganda’s security apparatus, under Museveni’s command, continues to weaponize terror to silence dissent and crush the opposition’s democratic momentum. Hopewell Chin’ono AfricanDefenders Uganda Police Force Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces SAHRCommission Vanessa Tsehaye Human Rights Watch BBC News Africa Amnesty Eastern Africa Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, & Labor (DRL) The Guardian The Associated Press ACDHRS
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Ugandan CSOs—Dr. Bireete Sarah and presidential candidate BOBI WINE have called for targeted global sanctions against officials accused of undermining human rights and the rule of law in Uganda. Speaking during a televised address to the European Parliament Delegation to the Africa-EU Parliamentary Assembly, they urged the international community to stand with the Ugandan people and hold accountable those responsible for repression and democratic backsliding. European Parliament European External Action Service - EEAS 🇪🇺 EU Council Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces (UPDF) UN Human Rights UN Human Rights Council Volker Türk Department of State Daily Monitor Muhoozi Kainerugaba NTV UGANDA NBS Television UBC UGANDA The New Vision Hilde Vautmans Michal Wiezik MEP Christophe Clergeau Michael Gahler MdEP Andrzej Halicki MEP Charles Goerens
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Uganda | BBS TV: During the post-election internet blackout, security forces committed serious abuses with impunity. In Bulenga, a mother said armed men—some in military uniform, others in plain clothes—stormed her compound, broke into her home, assaulted family members, beat her children, and attempted to rape her daughter. They looted money, destroyed property, and threatened to kill her. An amateur video filmed by a personal in hiding corroborates breach of the compound. UN Human Rights United Nations Geneva Mary Lawlor Human Rights Watch Amnesty International Department of State Int'l Criminal Court BBS TEREFAYINA Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) The Associated Press BBC Reuters The CISI World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) Freedom from Torture🧡 African Union Hopewell Chin’ono Muhoozi Kainerugaba Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces (UPDF) Uganda Police Force
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Today Uganda Military Blocks BOBI WINE Campaign in Iganga district, Defying Electoral Guidelines Heavily armed military & police forces, gun cocked, blocked the route to the venue—forcing Bobi Wine to cancel his rally. “This is illegal interference in the electoral process,” he says, accusing regime of inciting violence. Department of State Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office EU in Uganda European Parliament David Lammy Donald J. Trump Bureau of African Affairs African Union
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ELECTION VIOLENCE: Another video has emerged from the night of January 16, 2026, when Uganda’s military stormed the home of opposition leader Bobi Wine’s aide, Hon. Muwanga Kivumbi Muhammad, in Butambala. Civilians were gunned down as soldiers allegedly searched for polling agents and official declaration of results forms. At least seven innocent people were killed that night. To this day, there has been no credible investigation into this massacre under the leadership of the CDF Muhoozi Kainerugaba. Silence and impunity cannot be the answer when citizens demanding transparency are met with bullets. The families of those killed deserve justice, truth, and reparations. We reject unchecked election fraud and state violence in Uganda—tactics that Gen. Museveni has normalized at home and exported across the region. The international community must act. Swift Global Magnitsky sanctions against top military and government officials responsible for these abuses are urgently needed. Justice must also extend to the victims massacred in November 2020 and to every Ugandan whose life has been shattered by political violence. It is the only path toward credible democracy and lasting stability. General Mike Flynn Bureau of African Affairs Human Rights Watch Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman House Foreign Affairs Committee Dems BOBI WINE Senate Foreign Relations Committee Int'l Criminal Court UN Human Rights European External Action Service - EEAS 🇪🇺 Department of State
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UGANDA | CNN BOBI WINE “Massive corruption has been turned into a currency” in Uganda under Gen Museveni, eroding public trust, deepening inequality, and undermining democratic governance. CNN Larry Madowo Government of Uganda Anita Annet Among Muhoozi Kainerugaba State House Uganda Daily Monitor The New Vision Joel Ssenyonyi Daily Monitor IGG
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#Breaking: Uganda police & military block Bobi Wine en route to approved campaign in Mityana. Water cannons & patrol trucks deployed. Police vehicle mauls boda riders, flees. RDC says Bobi “won’t open office” due to crowd size. Oct 5. We call uganda government to refrain from using violence and intimidation against opponents during elections. 📌 #UGANDADECIDES2026 BOBI WINE The Associated Press Reuters BBC Bureau of African Affairs Department of State Int'l Criminal Court The Guardian Human Rights Watch The Wall Street Journal CNN allAfrica.com Citizen TV Kenya Daily Monitor David Lammy Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office EU in Uganda European Parliament
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Uganda’s election was allegedly prefixed to favor incumbent Museveni, extending his rule to nearly five decades and subverting the will of the Ugandan people, says Pan-African Solidarity Network Coordinator Mwanase Ahmed. UN Human Rights African Union Volker Türk European External Action Service - EEAS 🇪🇺 Government of Uganda UK Parliament European Parliament Department of State BOBI WINE Lindsey Hilsum Joel Ssenyonyi United Nations Geneva
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