A Ugandan army court on Tuesday further remanded opposition leader Kizza Besigye to prison until next January.<\/p>\n
Besigye’s defense team had requested a short adjournement but the court marial head sided with the state which demanded a long break.<\/p>\n
Besigye is charged alongside his comrade Obeid Lutale Kamulegeya with endangering national security and subversion. The two were kidnapped by Ugandan intelligence from Kenya’s capital in November prompting outrage.<\/p>\n
The pair will return to court for mention of their case on January 7, 2025.<\/p>\n
Besigye’s attorneys have opposed his trial in the army tribunal and have refused to apply for bail before it. A doctor by profession, Besigye is a retired officer of the Ugandan army.<\/p>\n
”You can see that this is a real kangaroo court,” said Erias Lukwago, one of Besigye’s lawyers- in a briefing to journalists after the adjournment.<\/p>\n
”These are not proceedings of a competent court of law,” Lukwago added.<\/p>\n
Ugandan law does not permit trying civilians in army courts.<\/p>\n
But the Ugandan state has taken advantage of the delay by the country’s top to affirm a Constitutional Court ruling on the matter to continue trying President Yoweri Museveni’s opponents in the army court.<\/p>\n
Besigye ran for president and controversially lost to Museveni four times.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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