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Police arrest two NUP coordinators in Mbarara city after Kyagulanyi nomination

Civic Space & Media Freedom Single source Mbarara 3 Nov 2020 Severity: 2/5

According to The Independent, police arrested two National Unity Platform coordinators in Mbarara city, one of them the party's candidate for the Mbarara City South MP seat, shortly after Robert Kyagulanyi's presidential nomination. They were later charged with holding an unlawful meeting and disobeying lawful orders, and a Grade One magistrate granted them non-cash bail on Friday. The party's Western region coordinator said police had held them illegally.

Single source: Reported by one outlet; not yet independently confirmed.

Numbers

2 arrested or detained

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