A Ugandan court awarded one of President Yoweri Museveni’s critics $14,000 as a settlement in her suit against the government.
The Kampala High Court agreed that Dr. Stella Nyanziby was right to sue the government for violating her right to movement.
Nyanzi was blocked by the immigration department from leaving the country on 19 March 2017 to attend an academic conference in Amsterdam in the Netherlands.
She then sued for the infringement on her rights, and the loss of money she spent on visa fees, an air ticket and a hotel.
In the judgment lady Justice Henrietta Wolayo found the state in breach of Article 24 of the constitution, which provides for respect to human dignity and protection from inhumane treatment, the Observer newspaper reported.
Nyanzi is known for her frequent anti-government posts on Facebook, some of which take the form of poems and are often laced with profanity.
The activist is currently serving a 18-month sentence for insulting President Yoweri Museveni.
