Student climate activists detained in Uganda

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Hi John,

In recent weeks a Ugandan student climate group have been in contact with us at Global Justice Now because their members have been imprisoned for holding a peaceful demonstration. They have asked us to take action to call for their release.

Take action: email the Ugandan government

On 24 November, seven students in Kampala were arbitrarily arrested, during a peaceful climate protest against the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP).

EACOP is a proposed monstrous fossil fuel project led by Total Energies in Uganda and Tanzania. If completed, it would be the largest heated oil pipeline ever built. It threatens to displace 100,000 people and pollute Lake Victoria, on whose freshwater many communities rely.

Photo: Students Against EACOP Uganda

Email the Ugandan government now

The Students Against EACOP activists, who were taking part in a small, peaceful march to hand in a petition against EACOP to the Ugandan government, are currently facing baseless charges of incitement to violence. They were initially detained at a police station in Kampala but have been moved and are still being held at a maximum security prison!

Seeing peaceful activism face such repression is hugely concerning and especially exasperating given it was happening during and is continuing directly after the UN climate negotiations which ended earlier this week.

If the world is to meet its climate targets, oil pipelines like EACOP cannot go ahead. We must stand in solidarity with Students Against EACOP, their communities and the fight against the pipeline.

Please take action by sending an email to the Ugandan High Commission in the UK, urging them to intervene for the release of the climate activists.

Take action: call for their release

Sending this email will send a message to the Ugandan government that they cannot get away with imprisoning peaceful climate activists. And it will also show that those protesting against the pipeline have international support and solidarity.

Thank you,
Sam Lund-Harket
Global Justice Now youth organiser

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