US EditionAttorney Fears for Safety of Ugandan Opposition Figure Bobi Wine After Army Chief Threats
Attorney Robert Amsterdam called on the United Nations to ensure verifiable safety guarantees for Bobi Wine after threats and detentions targeting over 2,000 of his supporters.
- On Friday, attorney Robert Amsterdam urged the international community to demand immediate, verifiable guarantees of Bobi Wine's safety, citing threats from Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba's reckless statements.
- Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, Uganda army chief since 2024, called Bobi Wine a `baboon` and `terrorist` on social platform X, claiming over 2,000 supporters detained and tweeting `we have killed 30 NUP terrorists` on Thursday.
- Ugandan police detained Muwanga Kivumbi, lawmaker and deputy president of the National Unity Platform, and charged him with terrorism after violence that left seven people dead.
- Under international law, such threats trigger immediate obligations on the Ugandan government to protect those at risk, while António Guterres urged restraint and respect for the rule of law.
- Bobi Wine was the most prominent of seven candidates with 24.7% of the vote, a result he rejected as fake, and President Yoweri Museveni won a seventh term amid heavy security presence last week.
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