Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Ugandan Pop Star, Government Critic, to Face Military Court

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A pop singer and prominent critic of Uganda's government was due to face a military court Thursday for his alleged role in clashes in which the longtime president's motorcade was attacked by people throwing stones. Lawmaker Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, whose stage name is Bobi Wine, will be tried under military law because he allegedly possessed a gun when he was arrested in the northwestern town of Arua earlier this week, a government official told lawmakers Wednesday. Ssentamu's...

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