Uganda’s Supreme Court decision that trials for civilians in military courts is illegal is a pivotal step towards protecting the right to fair trial & offers a glimmer of hope for opposition leader ...

KAMPALA - Four-time presidential candidate Dr Kiiza Besigye's lawyers are demanding his immediate release.They say Besigye is a civilian (retired soldier) and that the Supreme Court on January 31, ...

Kiiza Besigye emmere eva e bweru ne bamukaka okulya efumbiddwa e Luzira yokka . Bagamba nti okuzuula bino baamaze kukyalayo , kyokka ne bagaanibwa okuyingiza emmere gyebazze nayo bbo kye bawakanya.

In 2022, he became president. On 16 November 2024, leading Ugandan opposition politician, Dr Kiiza Besigye, who was in Nairobi to attend the launch of a book by former Kenyan Justice minister and ...

KAMPALA, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Eron Kiiza, the lawyer of Dr. Kizza Besigye, who was recently convicted and sentenced to nine months in prison for contempt, has vowed not to apologize to the ...

The ruling came after a military prosecutor on Monday amended Besigye’s charge sheet to include treachery. Besigye is charged alongside Obeid Lutale, and a third suspect, a serving army officer ...

Kiiza was arrested on January 7, at the General Court Martial in Makindye township while representing his client, opposition leader Dr. Kizza Besigye. Besigye, a former presidential candidate and ...

On 7 January 2025, Eron Kiiza was violently arrested by a soldier while entering the courtroom of the General Court Martial in Makindye, where he was representing, in his capacity as lawyer, political ...

A Ugandan military court has ruled that opposition leader Kizza Besigye can face trial on treachery charges, a crime punishable by death. Besigye, a four-time presidential contender, was arrested ...

A Ugandan military court has charged prominent opposition leader Kizza Besigye with treachery ... of prominent Ugandan human rights lawyer Eron Kiiza. Kiiza, who was sentenced to nine months ...

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A prominent opposition figure in Uganda will stand trial on the serious charge of treachery, a military court ruled Tuesday, escalating the legal trouble Kizza Besigye ...

Kiiza Besigye, a veteran political foe of President Yoweri Museveni, who has been in power for almost 40 years, was detained in neighbouring Kenya in November. He was brought back home and charged ...