Eliot Talemwa
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Background[edit]
Eliot Talemwa is a Ugandan Land activist from kiryandongo, He attributes to mobilizing local communities to protect them from powerful Multinational and private land grabbers[1] such as Agilis partners, Kiryandongo sugar limited and Great season company limited.[2]
Career[edit]
Trial and Prosecutions[edit]
In 2010 12th November, while trying to defend local community in kiryandongo from land grabbers, he was arrested with 8 others(Fred Mwawula,Ramu Ndahimana, Samuel Kusiima,Martin Munyansia, Martin Haweka, Amos Wafula,George Rwakabisha, Muloni Wanjala and Pamela Mulongo) for allegedly threatening violence and beating a Police officer on duty which once convicted carries a sentence of up to 4 years.[3][2][4]
Reference[edit]
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- ↑ "Eliot Talemwa". Front Line Defenders. 2020-09-17. Retrieved 2021-04-30.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "FrontLine Defenders Condemn Detention Of 8 Land Rights Defenders". Shift Media News. 2020-09-19. Retrieved 2021-04-30.
- ↑ "Uganda: The criminal trial of the eight land rights defenders failed to take off". farmlandgrab.org. Retrieved 2021-04-30.
- ↑ "Eliot Talemwa". Business & Human Rights Resource Centre. Retrieved 2021-04-30.
