She also joined the legal team for Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye and his ally Hajji Obeid Lutaale who have been jailed without bail as they face treason and weapons charges...
In Uganda Kizza Besigye leader of the Forum for Democratic Change remains in jail after the High Court in Kampala denied bail for him and his aide Hajj Obeid Lutale...
The initial stages of the trial of fellow opposition leader Kizza Besigye who was abducted by Ugandan security forces in Nairobi and arraigned on weapons possession charges in December began on 7 January...
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President Yoweri Museveni has defied a Supreme Court judgement ordering the release of opposition leader Kizza Besigye and mandating that Besigye can only be tried in a civilian trial...
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Vol 66 No 2 |
- KENYA
- TANZANIA
The abduction of dozens of youth activists many of whom were later murdered as well as the extraordinary rendition of foreign activists including Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye has shocked Kenyans (AC Vol 65 No 23 Facing calls for reform the state hits back)...
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Abductions of foreign nationals including Turkish asylum-seekers and Ugandan oppositionist Kizza Besigye has deepened the fear...
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Vol 66 No 1 |
- KENYA
- UGANDA
The Uganda Law Council's decision to withhold a special temporary certificate for National Rainbow Coalition–Kenya (NARC-Kenya) leader Martha Karua to practise law in Uganda preventing her from defending opposition leader Kizza Besigye on technical grounds relating to her qualifications and nationality suggests political interference at the highest level...
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The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) of Kizza Besigye also suffered damaging splits allegedly as a result of government plotting (AC Vol 64 No 18 Museveni's divide-and-rule master-class)...
The FDC divided into factions after the veteran leader and four-time presidential candidate Kizza Besigye claimed party president Patrick Amuriat Oboi and secretary general Nandala Mafabi were in Museveni's pay...
Neither the veteran oppositionist Kizza Besigye who stood against Museveni four times nor Bobi Wine who leads Uganda's opposition has said anything on the subject...