(19 Feb 2025)
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Kampala, Uganda – 19 February 2025
1. Wide of Court
2. Close up Kizza Besigye walking into court
3. Close up of Besigye in court
4. Various of lawyers in court
5. Besigye rubbing his nose in court
6. Medium of Besigye’s lawyers consulting in court
7. SOUNDBITE (English): Erias Lukwago, Kizza Besigye’s Lawyer
“The justice of the case required that today there should be remedy, there should be a decision and it should be instant. Unfortunately, that is not the case. And to make matters worse we have not been given any idea or clue as to when the decision will be given. We have been directed that tomorrow we write to the judge requesting for the date when the decision will be delivered. It’s really baffling.”
8. Various of court hearing Besigye’s application
9. Placards of people protesting inside the courtroom
10. Various of Besigye being led out of court
11. SOUNDBITE (English): Winnie Byanyima, wife of Kizza Besigye
“I am devastated. But I am not surprised. Besigye is a captive. He was kidnapped. He is in captivity as we all are. (President Yoweri) Museveni has put all of us in captivity. This cadre judge – shame on him, shame on him to send back to jail a man whose health is deteriorating very fast.”
12. Lawyers in court
13. Various of opposition politician Bobi Wine attending court
14. SOUNDBITE (English): Robert Kyagulanyi “Bobi Wine”, leading Ugandan opposition politician
“This is not prosecution this is persecution. Dr Besigye would not be brought to court today if it was not for pressure. You notice this is the same judge that sent Kakwenza (Rukirabashaija) to prison instead of sending him to the ICU after grave torture. This is the same judge that said the cash bonanza at parliament was legal. At the same time, this is the same judge that is sending Dr. Kizza Besigye back to prison instead of sending him to hospital. This is a cadre judge. This is a regime persecuting Dr. Besigye and all other political prisoners in the name of prosecution.”
15. Medium of jailed Besigye’s lawyer being brought to court
STORYLINE:
Ugandan opposition figure Kizza Besigye appeared briefly in a civilian court Wednesday as attorneys tried to secure his freedom, but a judge said he was too unwell to follow proceedings.
A visibly frail Besigye, who has been detained since November, was driven back to a maximum-security prison in Kampala, the Ugandan capital.
Besigye’s continued detention is attracting more attention as his supporters, activists and others warn that he needs medical care and should be removed from prison conditions.
They say any harm to him while in custody could trigger deadly unrest in this east African country.
His family says he has begun a hunger strike to protest his continued detention after Uganda’s Supreme Court ruled last month that military tribunals cannot try civilians.
Besigye’s attorneys say he and others who faced charges before the court-martial should have been released immediately.
Justice officials say they are studying the evidence against Besigye in order to charge him in a civilian court.
Besigye, a four-time presidential candidate, is a prominent opposition figure in Uganda.
For years he was the most serious challenger to President Yoweri Museveni, who has held power since 1986, before the recent rise of the opposition figure known as Bobi Wine.
Besigye went missing in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi on November 16. Days later, he appeared in a cage before a military tribunal in Kampala, charged with offenses concerning a threat to national security.
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