Lawyers for Bobi Wine Denounce Unlawful Manhunt and Armed Harassment by Ugandan Police in Jinja

By Robert Amsterdam | Published: December 15, 2018

The following press release was distributed to media today. LONDON, 15 December 2018 – Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, a Ugandan member of parliament best known as “Bobi Wine,” has been forced to seek refuge from an unlawful midnight raid by police which has seen many of his supporters and colleagues swept up and detained while others […]

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Departures Podcast: Helen Epstein on the ‘Bobi Wine Effect’ in Uganda

By Robert Amsterdam | Published: September 25, 2018

We’re very pleased to release this latest episode of the Departures podcast, in which we are honored to have such a special guest to talk about recent urgent events in Uganda. As many of you may be aware, Robert Amsterdam acts as international counsel to the Ugandan opposition Member of Parliament Robert Kyagulanyi, best known […]

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Update: George Washington University Panel Event with Bobi Wine Cancelled

By James Kimer | Published: September 15, 2018

The event originally planned with Bobi Wine, Bobi Wine will be appearing on a panel along with Robert Amsterdam (Amsterdam & Partners LLP) and Maria Burnett (Human Rights Watch) at George Washington University on Monday has been cancelled. Tonight’s event with Bobi Wine at @IAfS_GWU unfortunately cancelled. We all wish @HEBobiwine safe travels home…the world […]

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Press Conference with Bobi Wine

By James Kimer | Published: September 6, 2018

On Thursday, September 7, Robert Amsterdam held a press conference at the National Press Club in Washington DC with Ugandan Member of Parliament Robert Kyagulanyi (Bobi Wine), who had recently suffered a politically motivated arrest and torture by the Uganda authorities. Amsterdam and Kyagulanyi discussed the recent incident in Arua, the human rights situation in […]

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Amsterdam & Partners LLP Denounces Violation of Bobi Wine’s Right to Counsel

By Robert Amsterdam | Published: August 23, 2018

The following press release was distributed to media on 23 August 2018. Amsterdam & Partners LLP Denounces Violation of Bobi Wine’s Right to Counsel Government of Uganda is engaged in a cover up of alleged torture and continuing illegal detention of lawmaker, says Robert Amsterdam LONDON, 23 August 2018 – Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, a Ugandan […]

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Amsterdam & Partners LLP Retained by Ugandan Political Prisoner Bobi Wine

By Robert Amsterdam | Published: August 20, 2018

The following press release was distributed to media on 20 August 2018. Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, an opposition Member of Parliament of Kyadondo East constituency in Uganda who is most widely known as the pop musician “Bobi Wine,” has retained the international law firm Amsterdam & Partners LLP following his violent arrest on August 14, 2018 […]

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Beltway Journal: Investing in South Africa

By Editor | Published: July 16, 2018

Editor’s note: As the Amsterdam & Partners LLP team expands its presence in Washington DC, we thought it would be interesting to offer a space on this blog for members and partners to occasionally share notes from the many interesting events hosted around town, which often deal with topics and regions of concern to our […]

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The Chaos Brewing in Nigeria

By Robert Amsterdam | Published: June 2, 2017

I’ve spent a large part of my career working in Nigeria, with both Northerners and Southerners, and have watched the country careen from one crisis to the next. It is now deeply saddening to have one of the first honest presidents come at a time of a global glut in oil prices, and then be […]

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Economic Consequences of South Africa’s Political Crisis

By Robert Amsterdam | Published: April 5, 2017

Earlier this week, South Africa’s debt was downgraded by S&P to junk bond status for the first time in 17 years, which will have a very negative effect on borrowing costs. The downgrade was prompted by a dramatic, middle-of-the-night cabinet reshuffle, when President Zuma sacked about one-third of his ministers including Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan, […]

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The Gambia and Thailand: A Tale of Two Coups

By Robert Amsterdam | Published: January 26, 2017

For all of those committed to rule of law and democracy, the recent removal of Gambian President Yahya Jammeh from office is a most welcome development. Jammeh, who lost the December 2016 presidential elections in a surprise landslide to incoming Gambian head of state, Adama Barrow, had first taken power via a military coup in […]

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