Human Rights Watch: Ugandan Military Court to Try Opposition Leader
November 22, 2024
November 22, 2024
NEW YORK, Nov. 22 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news:
A Ugandan military court in Kampala has ordered former opposition presidential candidate, Kizza Besigye, and his travel companion, Obeid Lutale, to be held in pretrial detention in a prison, the latest example of Uganda's authorities misusing military courts and military-related charges to clamp down on the opposition.
Besigye went missing on November 16 in Kenya's capital Nairobi where he had travelled . . .
A Ugandan military court in Kampala has ordered former opposition presidential candidate, Kizza Besigye, and his travel companion, Obeid Lutale, to be held in pretrial detention in a prison, the latest example of Uganda's authorities misusing military courts and military-related charges to clamp down on the opposition.
Besigye went missing on November 16 in Kenya's capital Nairobi where he had travelled . . .