A UGANDAN WOMAN WHO CALLED YOWERI MUSEVEN A PAIR OF BUTTOCKS WAS GRANTED BAIL
Dr Stella Nyanzi listens to the judge during a ruling in a previous case.
IN SUMMARY
Outspoken university lecturer Stella Nyanzi, 42, who had been detained for more than a month, collapsed as she entered the court in Kampala for the hearing.
Dr Nyanzi was initially arrested for posting critical comments about the president's wife Janet Museveni.
She shot to prominence in April 2016 when she stripped naked at her university to protest the closure of her office, and later shared the nude photos of herself on social media.
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KAMPALA
A Ugandan court ordered the release on bail Wednesday of a prominent academic charged after she called President Yoweri Museveni a "pair of buttocks" in a Facebook post.
Outspoken university lecturer Stella Nyanzi, 42, who had been detained for more than a month, collapsed as she entered the court in Kampala for the hearing.
Nyanzi was initially arrested a month ago for posting critical comments about the president's wife Janet Museveni, who is also education minister, after the government reneged on plans to supply free sanitary pads to poor schoolgirls.
She was subsequently charged with cyber harassment for calling Museveni "a pair of buttocks" on social media.
Chief magistrate James Mwanda granted Nyanzi bail until May 25 when she is due to reappear in court to respond to prosecution claims she is mentally unwell.
Wednesday's hearing was delayed by two hours after the collapse of Nyanzi, whose lawyers said needed medical attention after contracting malaria in jail.
A research fellow at Makerere University in Kampala, Nyanzi has drawn attention in the conservative country for using explicit language in high profile campaigns to defend the rights of women and girls.
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