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The Nakawa Chief Magistrate Esther Nyadoi has declined a request by Dr. Kizza Besigye’s lawyers led by Erias Lukwago to grant him temporary freedom so that he can access proper medical attention from a private hospital of his choice. This was after Besigye along with his co-accused; Haji Obeid Lutale …

Buganda kingdom has joined calls for the release of the four time presidential candidate, Dr. Kizza Besigye following the Supreme Court judgment that annulled the trial of civilians in army courts. This call was made by the Katikkiro of Buganda, Charles Peter Mayiga during the official opening of the 2025 voluntary …

The Nakawa Chief Magistrates Court has remanded Retired Col Dr Kizza Besigye and his co-accused Obeid Lutaale Kamulegeya and Captain Denis Oola on charges of treason and misprison of treason. Prosecutors allege that the charges were committed in various countries including Switzerland, Greece, Kenya and Uganda where they reportedly made …

Buganda Road Magistrate’s Court has declined to order the unconditional release of opposition leader Dr Kizza Besigye following after a unanimous ruling that he is ‘medically unfit to stand trial’. Presiding Grade One Magistrate Winnie Nankya on Thursday, February 20, 2025 suspended criminal proceedings in his 2022 incitement to violence …

Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, the President of the National Unity Platform-NUP has called upon people from across the world to continue exerting pressure on the government of President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni to release Dr Kizza Besigye. Besigye a four-time challenger to Museveni has been in prison since mid-November for among others …

The Uganda Peoples Congress (UPC) has expressed concern that prolonged detentions Dr. Kizza Besigye and all other political prisoners, without trial derail the growth of true multi-party politics. The party also renewed calls for the immediate release of Besigye, warning that continued detentions threaten democratic process ahead of general elections. …

National Unity Platform (NUP) president, Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, has urged Ugandans to continue exerting pressure on the government, stating that what is happening to Dr. Kizza Besigye, is not prosecution but persecution.   Kyagulanyi made the remarks after the High Court Civil Division heard a habeas …

Ugandans, human rights advocates, and pro-democracy activists concluded a peaceful protest in Toronto today, calling on Ugandan President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni and the Ugandan government to halt repression and release all political prisoners. The demonstrators also urged the Canadian government to take decisive action against the Museveni regime, which they …

The government has admitted that the situation of the former presidential candidate, Col. Dr. Kizza Besigye is alarming. This was during Tuesday’s plenary sitting in which the Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among questioned the government side about steps taken to comply with the Supreme Court directive of 31st January 2025, …

The Buganda Road Chief Magistrates Court has remanded five women on charges of being a common nuisance. They are: Kampala City Deputy Lord Mayor Doreen Nyanjura, Ingrid Turinawe, Faridah Nangonzi, Shadiya Namubiru  and Phionah Kabayinza. The group which was wearing blue and white T-shirts with inscriptions “Kill me but spare Besigye …