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EACOP Protesters Face Legal Delay | Uganda News
Four activists from Uganda’s youth-led Rooted in Resistance movement, arrested for protesting the controversial EACOP oil pipeline, are still detained after their bail hearing was abruptly adjourned — sparking outrage over judicial bias and raising alarms about escalating crackdowns on environmental dissent. Facing charges of obstructing traffic, they argue they were peacefully exercising their constitutional right to protest, while prosecutors back the government’s stance. With no court date until September, their legal team vows to push for release, insisting on the principle of presumed…
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