Ugandan Court Charges Opposition Leader Besigye With Treason
- Besigye charged with plotting to overthrow President Museveni
- Charge of treason carries the death penalty in Uganda
Kizza Besigye
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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.
Seated in a wheelchair, Besigye appeared in a magistrates court in the capital, Kampala, on Friday, three weeks after Uganda’s Supreme Court barred his trial in a military tribunal for the same offense. The charge of treason carries the death penalty.