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Uganda Should Free Opposition Leader Besigye, Others

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par Human Rights Watch

Ugandan authorities should release from prison former opposition presidential candidate Kizza Besigye, whose health has deteriorated as the result of a hunger strike, his lawyer, and others who are in detention by reason of the rulings from military courts. On January 31, 2025, Uganda’s Supreme Court declared military trials of civilians unconstitutional and ordered that their cases be transferred to civilian courts.Besigye was admitted to the hospital on February 16 having been on a hunger strike in protest of his continued detention despite the court ruling. Besigye was abducted in Nairobi,…

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