Activist and founder of the Alliance for the Restoration of Civil Rights, William Yirenkyi, has retracted an apology he issued to the Inspector General of Police (IGP), stating that he was coerced into making the statement as a condition for his release from police custody.
In a Facebook post on March 29, 2025, Yirenkyi declared that his apology did not reflect his true position. "I want to make it clear that the apology I gave on March 19, 2025, does not reflect my true position on the matter.
I did not issue that apology because I admitted to any wrongdoing, but because the set that condition for my release after my arbitrary arrest and detention," he wrote.
Yirenkyi was arrested on March 18, 2025, after being invited by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) Headquarters to respond to a complaint allegedly lodged against him.
