How sad 😢
I have heard stories of witnesses who were there on that fateful night
Can you imagine security shooting people in the middle of the night out of nowhere
There was no chaos, nothing at all
And to date, we haven’t seen the culprits being charged or brought to justice
Bobi Wine is in hiding fearing for his safety after Uganda’s head of the military threatened to kill him.
It's been more than a month since Uganda's presidential election when President Yoweri Museveni won a seventh term, and Bobi Wine alleged election fraud.
Speaking from an undisclosed location, he told Channel 4 News he is in fear for his life.
No stones. No violence. Just citizens standing in solidarity and still they were blasted with water cannons. This was never about security. It was about suppression. #2026ElectionViolence
European Parliament
Our Open Letter to the European Parliament and the European Union
On the Systematic Repression of Ugandans and the Theft of the 2026 Election
Dear European Parliament, We write to you with urgency and deep concern over the continued violence, impunity, and democratic collapse in Uganda, particularly during the last two national election cycles.
During these elections, the Uganda military and Uganda Police Force repeatedly turned their weapons against civilians. Ugandans were shot dead in the streets, arbitrarily arrested, tortured, jailed without trial, and forcibly disappeared. Peaceful assembly was criminalised. Journalists were beaten and silenced. Opposition supporters were and are still being hunted. Families were left grieving with no justice, no investigations, and no accountability.
These were not isolated excesses. They were systematic, coordinated, and state-sanctioned acts of repression.
What is especially alarming is the complete failure of Uganda’s political leadership National Resistance Movement - NRM to condemn these crimes. No senior government official has taken responsibility. Instead, several officials and security figures have publicly justified, dismissed, or even bragged about the killings like Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba recently did. This behaviour reflects a culture of total impunity and a belief that power places them above both domestic and international law.
The situation reached its most critical point in the 2026 presidential election. The Ugandan people voted for change. Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu aka Bobi Wine won that election.
However, the outcome was reversed through military deployment, lethal force, mass arrests, intimidation, media shutdowns, and the manipulation of electoral processes. The announced result by the Electoral Commission Uganda did not represent the will of the people—it represented the dominance of violence over the ballot.
We therefore call on the European Parliament and the European Union not to legitimise Mr. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni as the elected President of Uganda.
Recognition without legitimacy undermines democracy not only in Uganda, but everywhere. It signals that elections can be stolen, citizens killed, and freedoms crushed without consequence—as long as power is maintained by force.
The European Union cannot continue business as usual while Ugandans are brutalised by their own state. Continued engagement, funding, and security cooperation without accountability only strengthens the machinery of repression.
We therefore call on the European Parliament and the European Union to take immediate and concrete action:
• Publicly condemn the conduct of the Ugandan military and police during the recent elections.
• Impose targeted sanctions, including travel bans and asset freezes, on officials and security commanders responsible for human rights violations.
• Suspend military and security cooperation with Uganda until credible accountability and reforms are demonstrated.
• Condition all EU financial assistance on measurable improvements in human rights, rule of law, and democratic freedoms.
• Support independent international investigations into election-related killings, disappearances, and torture.
The Ugandan people are not asking for sympathy. They are asking for justice, accountability, and solidarity.
Silence emboldens abusers. Recognition without legitimacy rewards repression.
This is a moment for the European Union to prove that its commitment to human rights and democracy is not selective. We urge you to stand with the people of Uganda—and to act.
#StopHumanRightsViolations #SanctionMuseveni #SanctionMirjamBlaak #FreeUgandaNow @UNOCHA@UNHumanRights@hrw@UNHumanRights@UNHumanWrongs@UNHumanRightsUA@UNhumansecurity@UKParliament@yaharawson@AllanSseky@SarahBireete
In Kisenyi, instead of arresting the man in the yellow t-shirt stuffing votes into boxes, the military and police brutally targeted and arrested the brave citizens who tried to stop him.
#2026ElectionViolence
@GovUganda No wonder our government from 1986 upto now 2026you can't feel ashamed of this you are mentioning that you have achieved this much 6000km&