The life of Dr Kizza Besigye, a long-time opposition leader in Uganda and a fearless critic of President Yoweri Museveni must be spared. Media reports indicated that, on 17 February, he was taken to a medical clinic after embarking on a hunger strike while in a military prison. He is back in his prison cell.

The saga of Dr Kizza Besigye's trial has taken another twist after he was on Feb. 21 sneaked into Nakawa Chief Magistrates Court and charged with treason and misprision of treason which, on conviction,

Detained Ugandan opposition leader Dr Kizza Besigye has called off his hunger strike after being arraigned before Nakawa Chief Magistrate’s Court where he was charged with treason. Besigye’s lawyer, Erias Lukwago,

Ugandan authorities should release from prison former opposition presidential candidate Kizza Besigye, whose health has deteriorated as the result of a hunger strike, his lawyer, and others who are in detention by reason of the rulings from military courts.

A Ugandan magistrates' court charged detained opposition politician Kizza Besigye with treason on Friday, rejecting his lawyer's pleas that he be transferred to hospital to help him recover from ill health stemming from a hunger strike.

A Ugandan court charged opposition leader Kizza Besigye with treason over an alleged plot to end President Yoweri Museveni’s four-decade rule of the East African nation.

Ugandan opposition figure Kizza Besigye has been charged with treason in an escalation of legal troubles stemming from allegations he plotted to remove the country’s long-serving leader by force. Besigye,