Uganda: Activists demand release of opposition leader facing military trial

Source: Source: ABC News

“Ugandan opposition leaders on Monday demanded the release of a colleague whose military trial faces a legal challenge after the top court ruled that civilians can’t be court-martialed. Kizza Besigye, a four-time presidential candidate in the East African country, has been in jail since his repatriation from the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, where he went missing on Nov. 16. Days later, Besigye and an assistant appeared before a military tribunal in Kampala, the Ugandan capital, to face charges related to illegal possession of a firearm and threatening national security. Besigye has since been charged with the more serious offense of treachery, which carries the death penalty.” (02/03/25)

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