Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has signed legislation that allows military courts to try civilians, coming months after the country’s Supreme Court ruled that opposition leader Kizza Besigye’s treason...
Uganda’s government has offered to drop the military trial of opposition leaderKizza Besigye, who has been on a hunger strike since February 10 in protest of...
Human rights activists and opposition politicians have long accused Museveni's government of using military courts to prosecute opposition leaders and supporters on politically motivated charges.
Museveni said any crime involving a gun was dealt with in a military court to ensure the country’s stability as civilian courts took too long to...