A Ugandan court has convicted a 21-year-old content creator for calling for the public flogging of President Yoweri Museveni on video-sharing platform TikTok, a state prosecutor said on Thursday. In July,

A Ugandan court has convicted a 21-year-old Tiktoker for calling for the public flogging of President Yoweri Museveni on TikTok. The defendant, Emmanuel Nabugodi, who created a video depicting a mock Museveni trial,

The two men, along with a third defendant, Julius Tayebwa (19), face charges of hate speech and spreading "malicious information" against the president's family and musicians associated with the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM).

Two Ugandan men have been detained for allegedly insulting President Yoweri Museveni, as FRANCE 24's Clément di Roma reports. In July, another 21-year-old TikToker was sentenced to six years in prison for insulting Museveni,