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Ugandan activist Stella Nyanzi bares breasts in jailing protest
Dr Stella Nyanzi in the dock at Buganda Road Court on November 7, 2018. She has been jailed for 18 months. FILE PHOTO | DAILY MONITOR
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She attended Friday's sentencing via video link, against her will, and exposed her breasts in protest.
Activists condemned the court's decision, saying that it goes against Uganda's obligation to allow freedom of expression.
Nyanzi has previously been arrested for another Facebook post, in which she referred to the president as a "pair of buttocks". She is still on trial in that case.
Ugandan activist Stella Nyanzi has been sentenced to 18 months in prison after she was found guilty of cyber harassment for a Facebook post that insulted the late mother of President Yoweri Museveni.
She attended Friday's sentencing via video link, against her will, and exposed her breasts in protest.
