The European Parliament has called Uganda’s Ambassador to the European Union, H.E. Mirjam Blaak, to appear before its members as diplomatic tensions rise over Uganda’s disputed 15 January 2026 general elections.
Blaak is expected to address a delegation meeting in Brussels on Monday next week. Officials from the opposition National Unity Platform are also scheduled to attend the session.
The move follows growing international concern about reports of human rights abuses, intimidation of opposition leaders and a violent crackdown on post-election protests.
On 12 February, Members of the European Parliament meeting in Strasbourg passed a resolution condemning the elections, describing them as having been marked by intimidation, fraud, violence and a nationwide internet shutdown. The resolution also raised concern about the treatment of opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine and other political actors.
The summons comes shortly after Bobi Wine, addressed the 2026 Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy. Speaking via video link while reportedly in hiding, he called for targeted international sanctions against President Yoweri Museveni and the Chief of Defence Forces over what he described as systematic repression following the election.
