Ugandan court convicts TikToker for insulting President Museveni

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A 21-year-old TikToker was found guilty by a Ugandan court of advocating on the platform for President Yoweri Museveni’s public whipping.

Emmanuel Nabugodi, the defendant, could spend up to seven years in prison for allegedly disseminating hate speech against the President through a video he made that showed a fictitious trial of Museveni.

After entering a guilty plea, he was placed under remand at the infamous Kigo high security prison outside of Kampala until his sentencing on November 18.

Prosecutors have requested a seven-year term from the Entebbe court, according to State Attorney Paul Aheebwa Byamukama.

Nabugodi is the fourth Ugandan to appear in court and be placed under remand in detention in the past two days for disparaging the President and his family, according to ZINGTIE.

Recall how another 21-year-old TikToker was given a six-year prison sentence in July for insulting Museveni, the leader of Uganda since he overthrew President Milton Obote in 1986.

Kakwenza Rukirabashaija, an award-winning author, was also arrested in late 2021 on charges of insulting Museveni and his influential son, Muhoozi Kainerugaba, who many Ugandans feel is putting himself in a position to succeed his 80-year-old father.

The 2021 PEN Pinter Prize for an International Writer of Courage, given to a writer who has faced persecution for voicing their opinions, went to Rukirabashaija.

He claimed to have fled into exile in Germany after being tortured during his month-long incarceration in Uganda.

Four members of a comedy group were imprisoned in 2020 after they mockingly posted a video in which they urged Ugandans to offer prayers for their leaders, including Museveni, the head of the police and prisons.

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