In a spectacular display of leftist hypocrisy, a Ugandan United Nations judge who studied human rights at Columbia University and received a prestigious human rights award has been convicted of enslaving a woman in the United Kingdom.
Forty-nine-year-old Lydia Mugambe, who is also a Ugandan High Court judge, was found guilty of tricking a Ugandan woman of coming to the UK, where Mugambe proceeded to impede her from finding a steady job, instead compelling her to serve her as a maid and care for Mugambe’s children — all without compensation. The charges were filed under the UK’s Modern Slavery Act.
“Lydia Mugambe has exploited and abused [the victim], taking advantage of her lack of understanding of her rights to properly paid employment and deceiving her as to the purpose of her coming to the UK,” prosecuting attorney Caroline Haughey KC told jurors during the trial.
Mugambe was in the UK as she worked toward a PhD law degree from the University of Oxford, where her presence no doubt padded the prestigious school’s diversity measures. However, rather than realizing her promise to become a notable alumna, she’s instead a notorious product of the program, as she’s been convicted of conspiring to facilitate the commission of a breach of UK immigration law, facilitating travel with a view to exploitation, forcing someone to work, and conspiracy to intimidate a witness.
Police body-cam video captured Mugambe’s indignant reaction when she was told by police that she was being arrested “on suspicion of keeping someone in slavery and servitude.” Mugambe told the officer, “I am a judge in my country. I even have immunity. I am not a criminal.”
Mugambe’s claim of diplomatic immunity proved hollow. “Any immunity Mugambe may have enjoyed as a UN judge has been waivered by the Office of the United Nations Secretary General,” Thames Valley Police commander for Oxfordshire, Ch Supt Ben Clark told BBC.
