A Call for Humanity, Justice, and Immediate Medical Freedom for Ssalongo Erias Lukwago It is with a heavy heart, deep concern, and profound indignation that I address the rapidly deteriorating health of my brother, colleague, and senior counsel, Ssalongo Erias Lukwago. Learning that he has been rushed to Mulago National Referral Hospital in critical condition is a painful reality that we cannot and must not take lightly. For months, Erias has stood before the courts of law, visibly weakened, in excruciating pain, and fighting multiple chronic conditions-pleading not just for his legal freedom, but for his fundamental right to live. Doctors at Mulago Hospital have long made it clear that his spinal and respiratory complications require urgent, specialized medical intervention that cannot be provided within our borders or under detention. Yet, the systemic apathy of the state has kept a man whose life hangs by a thread confined to a prison cell. We must ask ourselves: has politics completely erased our collective humanity? Must a person first perish in custody before their right to specialized healthcare is recognized? We bear the deep scars of similar instances in the past where warnings were ignored until it was too late, and we refuse to watch this happen again. As a legal mind and a fellow fighter for justice, I join his family, friends, and millions of Ugandans in demanding that the state respects the medical directives of its own senior consultants. Hon. Erias Lukwago must be granted immediate bail to access the specialized medical care he urgently needs. Detention should never be a disguised death sentence. I pray for comfort for his wife and children during this incredibly trying moment. To Ssalongo, stay strong. The walls of injustice may be thick, but the prayers and solidarity of your people are unbreakable. We pray for your healing, and we will not stop demanding for your right to live.