Uganda falls a military trial while the health of the opposition leader fails | The news of the prison
Kizza Besigye became ‘critically ill’ during the hunger strike against prison, his lawyer says.
Uganda has revealed a controversial plan to hold a military trial for a prominent opposition leader for his failed health.
Minister of Information Chris Baryomuns announced late Sunday that Kizza Besigye would transfer his case to a civilian court. The announcement arrived due to the report that Besigye, who was on the hunger strike, was temporarily transferred to the medical clinic.
The Baryomuns had previously visited Besigye in prison to invite him to end the hunger strike while his case was moved. Veterans’ opposition leader is charged with illegal possession of firearms and threat of state security.
Mr. Baryomuns, your actions are an insult and abuse of my husband’s rights.@Kizzabesigye1 He was abducted and captured by your government. As a NRM minister, you are not an concerned visitor – you are his Kaptor.
Our family considers your visit very dubious, and … https://t.co/vzuqhrmxey
– Winnie Byanyima (@winnie_byanyima) 16. February 2025
Besigye’s wife, Winnie Byanyima, called the Minister “very suspicious”.
“You are not a concerned visitor. You are his Kaptrator,” she said on X. “We will consider your government fully responsible for any damage to him.”
‘Righteousness of justice’
The longtime critic of President Yoweri Museveni, Besigye, has been in prison with maximum safety in November in the Campal capital. His lawyers say he was “Abduction” in neighboring Kenya and forcibly brought to Uganda.
The opposition’s rights and representatives condemned the arrest. Amnesty International marked Besigye “justice of justice”.
Besigye began a hunger strike last week, which is an act that his wife described as a “protest act” against “illegal custody”. His lawyer warned on Thursday that the opposition figure had become “critically ill”.
Public action due to custody of Besigye grew after he appeared in court on Friday, looking weak and fought for a walk.
On Sunday, Besigye was taken in a wheelchair to a health clinic in Kampali. The cousin told the local media that the opposition character “is not in a good situation”.
Besigye has been arrested over the years, including 2022. Charges of encouraging violence.
He ran as president against Museveni, who ruled East African land since 1986, four times. He lost all the elections, but he refused the results and allegedly intimidating fraud and voters.
Over the decade, the Museveni government has been charged with repeated human rights violations against opposition leaders and supporters, including illegal detention, torture and out -of -court murder.
Authorities in Uganda have rejected these accusations, saying that the arrested are held legally and are given in the judicial system.
The government said earlier that they would ignore the Supreme Court’s judgment to try to Besigye In a military court It would be unconstitutional.
