Uganda Police Return Opposition Leader Home, Surround House

  • Bobi Wine arrested during protest over human-rights abuses
  • Presidential runner-up was under house arrest in January

Robert Kyagulanyi in January.

Photographer: Sumy Sadurni/AFP/Getty Images

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Ugandan police returned opposition leader Bobi Wine to his home and encircled the property hours after arresting him during a protest over human-rights abuses by security agents against his supporters.

The politician -- whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi -- was “arrested as he led MPs and other leaders in a peaceful protest against the abduction, torture and murder of his supporters,” an administrator posted on Bobi Wine’s Twitter account.