Yasin Ssekitoleko aka Machete's health has been deteriorating from the day he embarked on a hunger strike on the 19th of this month. For five days now, he has not been taking meals at Kitalya Prison in protest of his continued illegal detention. Machete is one of the nine @NUP_Ug political prisoners who refused to plead guilty to crimes they did not commit, and Museveni's minister Balaam promised that those who refused would die in prison. After 4 years in detention without trial, and following the Supreme Court ruling, he has been protesting the regime's deliberate decision to keep them under illegal detention. This evening, prison authorities made a panic call to his mother, asking her to speak with her son on phone and persuade him resume taking meals. According to her, Machete was too weak to even speak elaborately on phone. He is crying out for justice on his behalf and on behalf of the other prisoners of conscience! #FreeAllPoliticalPrisonersinUganda #FreeUganda
Some people often tell us to ignore Museveni's brutal son's tweets as mere rumblings of a drunkard. The difference is that Museveni's son is the head of our military- however illegally he was gifted that position by his father. He has the capacity to follow through with these threats and he has started already. The abductions, torture and raidings of this week are evidence of what he is capable of. As we continue to mobilise and urge our people to push back against these criminals, THE WORLD MUST NOT IGNORE WHAT IS HAPPENING IN UGANDA. The rogue regime in its late evening, has gone completely mad. #FreeUganda