On Friday, June 21, a court in Uganda’s capital, Kampala, ruled that jailed feminist scholar and activist Stella Nyanzi has a case to answer and should prepare to defend herself. The case arises from a poem by Nyanzi — a reflection on the birth and misrule of Uganda’s long-serving President Yoweri Museveni, in which she evokes representations of vaginas — including his mother's. On Wednesday, June 19, 2019, prosecutors closed their case after presenting three witnesses. Nyanzi's lawyer then asked the court to declare that there is no case to answer and ordered Nyanzi's release. But on June 21, 2019, the courts decided that Nyanzi does have to answer to these charges and will not yet be released and reunited with her three children. Nyanzi, known to deploy radical rudeness and public insult as a tactic to challenge Museveni's power, has been held at Luzira maximum security prison since November 2018. Nyanzi faces two counts of cyber harassment and offensive communication, each under the Computer Misuse Act of 2011. In count one, prosecutors alleged that Nyanzi, in a Facebook post dated September 16, 2018, made “obscene, lewd and indecent suggestions” with the vagina references — deemed cyber harassment. In count two, the state claims she transmitted the post “over the internet to disturb the peace, quiet or right to privacy of President Museveni with no purpose of legitimate communication” — deemed offensive communication. Dr Stella Nyanzi in Buganda road Chief Magistrate court dock #Kampala. Magistrate Gladys Kamasanyu ruled today that Suspended #Makerere University research fellow Dr Stella Nyanzi currently on remand in #Luzira prison, has a case to answer #PushforStellaNyanzi #FreeStellaNyanzi pic.twitter.com/n4Dn8s12aN — Noy Frederic (@fuddish) June 21, 2019 Nyanzi's lawyers submitted to the court that there was no case to answer after the prosecutors produced three witnesses: two investigating officers in the Uganda police, and lawyer Charles Dalton Opwonya, as a member of Uganda’s Anti-Pornography Committee, made an unlikely expert witness. Nyanzi's ongoing trial before Magistrate Gladys Kamasanyu has been one of the most animated on record. Opwonya was the witness that took center stage as he was tasked by Nyanzi’s defense team to prove his qualification in matters of morality: Thread 2: June 18 Court session. Q: Is vagina a dirty word? Opwonya: most of the time it is Q: is the literal vagina a clean thing? Opwonya: yes Q: Can a vagina be dirty Opwonya: yes if you don't wash it#FreeStellaNyanzi #PushforStellaNyanzi pic.twitter.com/UGMpkE80WB — Rosebell Kagumire ♉ (@RosebellK) June 18, 2019 On June 18, in a cross-examination that took more than six hours, Opwonya claimed Nyanzi’s post about Museveni’s birthday — from which the charges stem — harmed and broke his children’s innocence. He said Nyanzi was “ a vile subject” since her nude protest back in 2016 at Makerere University. Opwonya was cross-examined on a range of issues connected to the case, from Bible proverbs to nude protests, to feminist literature to the question of whether Uganda’s president is a dictator. Thread 4 lastly: June 18 Court session. Cross- examination of state witness 2- lawyer Charles Dalton Opwonya the man who reads the Bible in French because English is a shallow language ?#FreeStellaNyanzi #PushforStellaNyanzi pic.twitter.com/MZD98OEshu — Rosebell Kagumire ♉ (@RosebellK) June 18, 2019 Nyanzi's tactics in her writings about the powerful, like dysphemisms and euphemisms, were brought into play. Opwonya condemned Nyanzi for being obscene and told the court that the word vagina should never be spoken in public. The trial not only centered on Nyanzi’s use of social media but Opwonya's as well: The question of a share and a post becomes contentious as Opwonya claims a quote he posted on his Facebook TL was a share not a post. ?#FreeStellaNyanzi #PushforStellaNyanzi — Rosebell Kagumire ♉ (@RosebellK) June 18, 2019 On the eve of her 45th birthday on June 16, Nyanzi released #45Poems4Freedom, poems full of commentary on the president and parliament and also addressed themes like feminism, oppression, prison congestion, sexual harassment and press freedom. Nyanzi reiterated that she will not be gagged.