Harvard Student Sues Ugandan President Museveni For Blocking Him On Twitter

A Harvard University student has sued Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni for blocking him on Twitter.

Mr Hillary Innocent Seguya Taylor, a Ugandan, also sued government spokesperson Ofwono Opondo and the police Chief Political Commissar Asan Kasingye, saying they too have blocked him from accessing their official Twitter accounts.

In his lawsuit filed before the High Court in the capital Kampala, Mr Seguya states that he is a Ugandan citizen pursuing a Master’s degree in International Relations.

He says that the President and the two officials use their Twitter accounts as public forums to disseminate information about activities of their state-mandated functions and to get feedback from citizens, and therefore blocking him is "illegal, improper and irrational".

Mr Seguya says that as a citizen living abroad, he is only able to access information relating to his country’s governance and to communicate to the respective officers through social media.

“Before being blocked, I used the same Twitter social media platform handles to communicate my views, dismays and suggestions to the respective officers,” Mr Seguya states.

He said after being blocked, he was now unable to follow and see tweets on the respective accounts and therefore “not capable of contacting, replying, liking, tagging, retweeting and knowing the public information thereon or commenting on the same.”

He asserts that the blocking of his Twitter handle, @HillaryTaylorVI, from accessing the respective three handles on July 20, July 30 and August 8, was done without giving him notice.

Mr Seguya is now seeking an order to be unblocked, and is also seeking general damages for the inconvenience caused.

The student appointed his lawyer Male Mabirizi to represent him as he is not in the country.

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sowore dn really suffer...as him get level reach them still lock am..see d small boy wey sue him presido...abeg who go help us sue buhari

It is very dificult to go through College abroad without being a Liberal. That is the breeding ground for weak and feeble minded snowflakes. Group thinking, grassroot activism and an eventual destruction of your common sense.

I have found the ideology of conservatism and practical Christian living the ultimate to a peaceful and happy life.

Richdad

May be he was born in abroad .

Go and ask Bobi Wine what he is currently facing in the hand of Museveni

Nice 1

Kasala.. Buhari, over to u, come and block me mbok.. I don't want to have anything to do with buhari, that name is related to suffering, death, bad lucks and even terrorism..

Should social platforms be legally required to provide access to anyone to contact government agencies, first responders and elected officials? Yet, Twitter as a private company has the exclusive right to determine who it grants membership to. It can deny, suspend or revoke membership of any user for any reason at any time without appeal.

Try this in Naija right now and you will be leading praise and worship in DSS Chapel by tomoro evening

Now, that's Democracy...

No go try sue Buhari o, that might be tantamount to trying to overthrow the government.

Too much of liberty is been abused...Almost all social media apps have the block button. I have blocked a number of people too and you will be shocked the dimwit, has peeps on his block list

That it is a social media platform for the dissemination of news, did not take away the block button. The block button is available to every user (Public or Private) on twitter. He could as well sue Twitter for making the button available in the first place.

Too much freedom, begets a corresponding degree of insanity...That is what is happening in the west.

Baba go to Ugandan and tell him that
Is like these people have forgotten yanga Idi Amin so soon. Too much liberty is choking them

Come Africa and make this mouth.
Na alagbon kikiri u go tweet from

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Harvard guy's I no even fit read him tweet self, so so big grammar

lmao, this life funny ooo. person block you, you come sue am.ok


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Oya o over to we Nigerians who will first sue Bubu.

Now this is funny

This news is very educative

It has made the Nigeria economy balanced and it has alleviated the poverty in the country as well

vj

Attending school like Harvard will make your thinking different and able to voice out your right which will be respected because of the name of your school

Criticaltemp:
Kasala.. Buhari, over to u, come and block me mbok.. I don't want to have anything to do with buhari, that name is related to suffering, death, bad lucks and even terrorism..

why so much Hate?

Omo ode

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You can sue him also





You have the Constitutional right




But i no dey sha o

cybriz82:
sowore dn really suffer...as him get level reach them still lock am..see d small boy wey sue him presido...abeg who go help us sue buhari

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cybriz82:
sowore dn really suffer...as him get level reach them still lock am..see d small boy wey sue him presido...abeg who go help us sue buhari

They are in a democracy

Nigeria is under a tyrant

Don't blame Sowore.. Blame his people chanting sai barber under full blown dictatorship

The weed must be something else over there...