The Executive Director of The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), and wife of jailed opposition politician Dr Kizza Besigye, Dr Winnie Byanyima, has decried his return to the prison cells despite his weak state. In a post on her X account on Monday, Dr Byanyima who expressed her anger and hurt at the […]
Adam Ampa Besigye, son to veteran opposition politician Dr Kizza Besigye, has appealed to President Yoweri Museveni and the Chief of Defence Forces Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, to show mercy, compassion, and humanity to his detained father and grant him his freedom. In an open letter shared on his social media […]
There was a moment of tension at the High Court during the opening of the treason trial, against veteran opposition politician Dr Kizza Besigye and his aide Hajji Obeid Lutale, when Besigye collapsed inside the courtroom while protesting a decision by the court to compel him to be represented by state-appointed lawyers. The incident occurred […]
Human Rights lawyer Mr Eron Kiiza, who is also a personal counsel for veteran opposition leader Dr Kizza Besigye, and his co accused Hajji Obeid Lutale, has asked the three state attorneys that were recently appointed to represent Besigye to stepdown from the treason case hearing set to begin on July 29th. In a strongly […]
The presiding judge in the hearing of the treason case against veteran opposition leader Dr Kizza Besigye, and his co accused Hajji Obeid Lutale, Justice Emmanuel Baguma has ordered to the director of the Judiciary’s criminal division, to provide state lawyers for the duo to enable commencement of their trial. On Monday, following their arraignment […]
Veteran opposition leader Dr Kizza Besigye, and his co accused Hajji Obeid Lutale have raised concern on receiving a fair trial after his defense team being targeted. Besigye voiced the concerns before the High Court on Tuesday, shortly after Justice Emmanuel Baguma declined to temporarily stay proceedings in his human rights application against Chief of […]
The former Kampala Lord Mayor and president of People’s Front for Freedom (PFF) party, Erias Lukwago has been picked up by security operatives attached to the Special Forces Command (SFC), from his home in Wakaliga, a Kampala suburb. According to videos circulating on social media, heavily armed operatives in military camouflage are seen taking strategic […]
The trial judge in the treason case against Dr. Kizza Besigye and his co-accused Hajji Obeid Lutale, Justice Emmanuel Baguma, has adjourned the commencement of their treason trial to June 30th after both accused failing to appear before the High Court on Thursday. On Thursday, Prisons authorities only presented their co-accused Captain Denish Oola Ooya, […]
Veteran opposition politician Dr Kizza Besigye and his aide, Obeid Lutale, have been denied bail for the fourth time, as Justice Emmanuel Baguma ruled that criminal proceedings should not be stayed before plea taking. While delivering his ruling on Monday, Justice Baguma noted that, granting bail to Besigye and his co accused who have been […]
The High Court in Kampala was on Thursday gripped with tension after Hajj Obeid Lutale’s daughter, Mariam Obeid launched a verbal attack at Justice Emmanuel Baguma over his refusal to refer the treason case of Dr Kizza Besigye, her father Hajj Lutale, and Capt Denis Oola to the Constitutional Court for interpretation. Mariam Obeid, brought […]
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