Stella Nyanzi

Health & Safety

She Strips, She Swears, She Goes To Jail ... For The Good Of Her Country

2:43am May 09, 2018

by Eyder Peralta

Stella Nyanzi makes headlines in Uganda for protests about everything from corruption to sanitary pads. She's lost her job, landed in jail — and been brought to court to see if she's out of her mind.

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University lecturer and activist Stella Nyanzi appears in court in Kampala, Uganda, on April 10, facing charges of cyber harassment and offensive communication.

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Ugandan Activist Nyanzi Arrested, Charged With Cyber Harassment

7:28pm April 10, 2017

by Eyder Peralta

Stella Nyanzi's latest run-in with the regime of President Museveni began with a fight for free sanitary pads for school-age girls. Then she wrote about the president and his wife on social media.