{"id":5136,"date":"2020-12-24T15:18:41","date_gmt":"2020-12-24T15:18:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/global-development\/2020\/dec\/24\/uganda-charges-leading-lawyer-for-lgbt-rights-with-money-laundering-nicholas-opiyo"},"modified":"2020-12-24T15:18:41","modified_gmt":"2020-12-24T15:18:41","slug":"uganda-charges-leading-lawyer-for-lgbt-rights-with-money-laundering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2020\/12\/24\/uganda-charges-leading-lawyer-for-lgbt-rights-with-money-laundering\/","title":{"rendered":"Uganda charges leading lawyer for LGBT rights with money laundering"},"content":{"rendered":"

Human rights organisation says allegations that Nicholas Opiyo acquired over $300,000 in funds are \u2018frivolous\u2019 and \u2018fabricated\u2019<\/p>

Nicholas Opiyo, one of Uganda\u2019s most prominent human rights lawyers, has been charged with money laundering.<\/p>

Opiyo, known for representing LGBTQ+ people, appeared before magistrates in Kampala on Thursday and was remanded in custody until 28 December.<\/p>

Related: <\/span>Uganda detains leading lawyer for LGBT rights on money-laundering charges<\/a> <\/p> Continue reading...<\/a>\n

This post was originally published on Human rights | The Guardian<\/a>. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Human rights organisation says allegations that Nicholas Opiyo acquired over $300,000 in funds are \u2018frivolous\u2019 and \u2018fabricated\u2019Nicholas Opiyo, one of Uganda\u2019s most prominent human rights lawyers, has been charged with money laundering.Opiyo, known for …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":470,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[708,1333,1334,6,640,1336,1335,1310],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5136"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/470"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5136"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5136\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5137,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5136\/revisions\/5137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}