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Uganda under fire for detention of opposition leader

Human rights activists, lawyers, and medical practitioners called on the Ugandan government to release opposition leader Kizza Besigye, who has spent the past three months in military detention due to health concerns following a hunger strike.
Besigye was abducted in November while in Kenya and taken to Luzira Maximum Security Prison, a move condemned by rights groups as a violation of international law.
The Ugandan Supreme Court ruled on January 31 that trying civilians in military courts is unconstitutional, but the government rejected this ruling, stating it protects against crime.
Organizations are planning protests to demand the release of Besigye and others, condemning the government's repression and rising militarization of justice in Uganda.

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VOA News

Uganda under fire for detention of opposition leader

NAIROBI, KENYA — Human rights activists, lawyers and medical practitioners in East Africa called on the Ugandan government Tuesday to release opposition leader Kizza Besigye, who has spent the past three months in military detention. Besigye, who was abducted while on a trip to Kenya in November, was recently rushed to a hospital after going on a hunger strike to protest his imprisonment. Reading a statement on behalf of 12 organizations in Nair…

4 days ago·United States

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allAfrica

Uganda: Govt to Drop Military Trial of Hunger-Striking Opponent

Uganda's government on Sunday said it would drop a military trial against opposition figurehead Kizza Besigye, urging him to give up his hunger strike in jail, a minister said.

4 days ago·South Africa

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Africa News

Detained Ugandan opposition leader briefly taken ill after hunger strike

Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye was transferred back to prison on Monday after a medical emergency caused by his ongoing hunger strike, which has now lasted a week.

5 days ago·Pointe-Noire, Congo

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Business Live

Uganda politician on hunger strike hospitalised, legislator says

Detained Kizza Besigye, who stopped eating last week, has been rushed to facility after his health deteriorated

5 days ago·Johannesburg, South Africa

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Times Live

Detained Uganda opposition politician Kizza Besigye 'taken to hospital'

Detained Ugandan opposition politician Kizza Besigye, who went on a hunger strike last week, has been rushed to hospital after his health deteriorated, an allied lawmaker and a local television broadcaster said.

5 days ago·Johannesburg, South Africa

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