Arbitrary arrest and pre-trial detention of eight environmental rights defenders

The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), has received new information and requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in Uganda.The Observatory has been informed about the latest judicial developments regarding the bail applications of eight young environmental and climate justice defenders, namely Mses Dorothy Asio, Teopisita Nakyabande and Shammy Nalwadda, and Messrs Noah Katiti, Akram Katende, Ismail Zziwa, Shafik Kalyango, and Ali Keisha. These eight defenders are among a group of 12 environmental activists who were initially arrested on 1 August 2025.