Besigye was charged with treason after being arrested in Kampala the day before President Yoweri Museveni's inauguration. Treason is punishable by death in Uganda, although no executions have been carried out for years.
The opposition leader was charged on Friday at a court in the town of Moroto in the northeastern Karamoja region, his lawyers said.
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