e-3207 (Foreign affairs)
- Keywords
- Civil and human rights
- Foreign policy
- Uganda
Original language of petition: English
Petition to the Minister of Foreign Affairs
- General elections were held in Uganda on January 14, 2021, to elect the President and the Parliament;
- Incumbent President Yoweri Museveni, who has ruled the country since 1986, won his sixth term amid election violence and allegations of fraud;
- Since the election, abductions, kidnappings and killings have taken place;
- There is extensive evidence of election tampering and pre-marked ballots for General Museveni and coercion of voters;
- There has been a lack of voter privacy and illegal casting of votes before voters arrived at polling stations;
- There has been a shutdown of all communications, including social media prior to the election;
- The arrest of campaign staff, candidates and supporters has taken place;
- Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, known as Bobi Wine and the leader of the People Power, Our Power and Opposition Leader to President Museveni, has been assaulted, attacked, hit by tear gas and hospitalized because of his injuries; and
- The military occupied Mr. Kyagulanyi's home from January 15 to 26, 2021.
- Open for signature
- March 5, 2021, at 2:41 p.m. (EDT)
- Closed for signature
- May 4, 2021, at 2:41 p.m. (EDT)