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Uganda government offers to drop military trial of hunger-striking opponent

Kizza Besigye will be charged before a civilian court instead of a military court, as announced by Information Minister Chris Baryomunsi amid health concerns for the opposition leader.
Kizza Besigye, a prominent opposition leader in Uganda, will be charged in a civilian court rather than facing military trial, as announced by Information Minister Chris Baryomunsi.

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Official says Ugandan opposition figure will be tried in civilian court instead of military one

A Ugandan official says a prominent opposition figure facing military trial, Kizza Besigye, will be charged before a civilian court instead.

25 days ago·United States

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Al Jazeera

Uganda drops military trial as opposition leader’s health falters

Kizza Besigye has grown ‘critically ill’ during hunger strike against imprisonment, his lawyer says.

25 days ago·Qatar

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VOA News

Uganda government offers to drop military trial of hunger-striking opponent

Kampala, Uganda — Uganda's government said Sunday it would drop a military trial against opposition figurehead Kizza Besigye, urging him to give up his hunger strike in jail, a minister said. The pledge was promptly rejected as "suspicious" by Besigye's wife, UNAIDS executive director Winnie Byanyima. Besigye, a former ally turned rival of longtime President Yoweri Museveni, went on a hunger strike on February 10 in protest at his detention. Cha…

25 days ago·United States

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Africa.com

Uganda Offers to Transfer Opposition Leader’s Military Trial to Civilian Court

Uganda’s government has announced it will transfer the case of jailed opposition figure Kizza Besigye from a military tribunal to a civilian court, complying with a Supreme Court ruling against trying civilians in military courts. According to the country’s Information Minister Chris Baryomunsi, the government is “fast-tracking” the move. Besigye, a longtime critic of President… Read More »Uganda Offers to Transfer Opposition Leader’s Military T…

24 days ago

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The Heritage Times

Uganda: Authorities Consider Dropping Military Trial Of Opposition Leader

By Enyichukwu Enemanna Uganda’s government says it would drop the court martial against prominent opposition leader Kizza Besigye, who is currently on hunger strike in detention. “The government is fast-tracking the transfer of Besigye’s case from the court martial to the civil court,” Cabinet spokesman and Information Minister Chris Baryomunsi said on Sunday. He added, “As a government, we are complying with the ruling of the Supreme Court.” Be…

24 days ago

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