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Carlos Mureithi in Kampala

Ugandan opposition accuses president of using military courts to quash dissent

Kizza Besigye Obeid Lutale stand in a steel dock during court proceedings
The opposition leader Kizza Besigye and his aide Obeid Lutale in a steel dock at the Ugandan military court in Makindye, Kampala, in December 2024. Photograph: Abubaker Lubowa/Reuters

Ugandan opposition politicians have accused the president, Yoweri Museveni, of attempting to quash dissent by prosecuting opponents on politically motivated charges in military courts in the run-up to presidential and legislative elections next year.

The government is pushing to introduce a law to allow military tribunals to try civilians despite a supreme court ban on the practice.

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