Uganda’s Kizza Besigye ‘kidnapped’ in Kenya, taken to military court
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Uganda’s Kizza Besigye ‘kidnapped’ in Kenya, taken to military court

Al Jazeera  

Opposition leader’s wife says he was seized in Nairobi and is being held in a Kampala jail as she calls for his immediate release. Prominent Ugandan opposition politician Kizza Besigye has appeared in a military court in Kampala after his wife said he had been kidnapped in neighbouring Kenya. Lukwago said the two men were accused of being in possession of two pistols and soliciting “logistical support in Uganda, Greece and other countries with the aim of compromising the country’s national security”. But Chris Baryomunsi, Uganda’s information minister, said the Ugandan government does not carry out abductions, and any arrests abroad would be made in collaboration with a host country. In July, Kenyan authorities arrested 36 members of Besigye’s Forum for Democratic Change party, one of Uganda’s main opposition groups.

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Ugandan opposition figure appears before a military court at home days after disappearing in Kenya
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Ugandan opposition figure appears before a military court at home days after disappearing in Kenya

Associated Press  

KAMPALA, Uganda — A well-known Ugandan opposition figure appeared in a military court Wednesday days after he was reported missing in neighboring Kenya, and denied a charge of seeking military support from abroad to destabilize Uganda’s military forces. Besigye, who at first appeared in court without lawyers and in a cage, rejected government legal representation and said he should be …

Kizza Besigye: Ugandan opposition politician kidnapped in Kenya, his wife says
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Kizza Besigye: Ugandan opposition politician kidnapped in Kenya, his wife says

CNN  

Reuters — A prominent Ugandan opposition politician was kidnapped during a book launch in Kenya over the weekend, transferred to Uganda and is being held at a military jail in Kampala, his wife said on Wednesday. “I request the of Uganda to release my husband Dr Kizza Besigye from where he is being held immediately,” said his wife Winnie Byanyima. …

Uganda opposition figure Besigye released on bail after two weeks
2 years, 6 months ago

Uganda opposition figure Besigye released on bail after two weeks

Al Jazeera  

He was detained – for the umpteenth time – on June 14 in the capital Kampala as he led protests against skyrocketing consumer prices. A court in Uganda released veteran opposition figure Kizza Besigye on bail on Friday after spending two weeks in jail awaiting trial on charges of inciting violence. Besigye, aged 66, was detained on June 14 in …

Ugandan author Kakwenza Rukirabashaija flees the country: Lawyer
2 years, 11 months ago

Ugandan author Kakwenza Rukirabashaija flees the country: Lawyer

Al Jazeera  

Rukirabashaija was released from jail in late January after arrest related to tweets about President Yoweri Museveni. Rukirabashaija fled Uganda across the land border with Rwanda and will settle at least temporarily in an unnamed European country, Eron Kiiza told The Associated Press news agency. “They started using a pair of pliers and plucked flesh from my thighs and everywhere,” …

Detained Ugandan satirical novelist tortured in custody: Lawyer
3 years ago

Detained Ugandan satirical novelist tortured in custody: Lawyer

Al Jazeera  

Rukirabashaija, author of satirical novels about corruption and greed, is being held incommunicado, his lawyer says. It is horrifying that Kakwenza Rukirabashaija is facing state harassment, yet again because of his critical views about his country’s first family,” Romana Cacchioli, Executive Director of PEN International, said in the statement. On Tuesday, the London-based organisation welcomed the order by the judiciary …

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