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Uganda: State Wants Besigye Transferred
Monitor, 6 June 2016
State wants jailed Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) former presidential candidate Kizza Besigye to be transferred from Luzira prison to Kabale court to answer charges of inciting… Read more »
Ugandan Govt Wants Besigye to Answer Fresh Charges
A state attorney has issued a production warrant for the opposition leader to be transferred from prison to court to face charges of inciting violence and malicious damage.
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Uganda: Opposition Leader Besigye's House Vandalised
Monitor, 6 June 2016
Police in Rukungiri District are investigating the motive of a man who was arrested vandalising the house of former FDC presidential candidate Kizza Besigye last Saturday night. Read more »
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Uganda: Man Held for Breaking Into Besigye's Home
Observer, 5 June 2016
Police has arrested a man in connection with an attempt to break into former presidential candidate Dr Kizza Besigye's upcountry home located in Rwakabengo, Rukungiri municipality. Read more »
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Uganda: Besigye Treason Case - Why Govt Is Stranded
Observer, 3 June 2016
Treason: Government's dillydallying could be playing into the hands of Dr Kizza Besigye, whose case has failed to kick off due to adjustments and postponements Read more »
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Uganda: Govt Abandons Besigye's Party Defiance Case
Monitor, 3 June 2016
Government last evening withdrew its application that was intended to extend a court order that had banned all the defiance campaign activities of Opposition Forum for Democratic… Read more »
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Uganda: State Fails to Produce Besigye at Court Hearing
East African, 1 June 2016
A magistrate in Kampala has extended the remand of Dr Kizza Besigye, Uganda's main opposition figure, after the State failed to produce him for a scheduled court appearance citing… Read more »
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Uganda: Besigye Lawyers Storm Out of Court in Treason Case
Independent (Kampala), 1 June 2016
Former FDC Uganda presidential candidate Kizza Besigye's lawyers have stormed out of court after their client made a no show for the mention of his case. Read more »
InFocus
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The prison authorities have failed to produce the opposition leader. Read more »
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Uganda Prisons spokesperson, Frank Baine, says they have been receiving more than 60 people per day seeking to see opposition leader Kizza Besigye. Read more »
