Uganda: Opposition figure Kizza Besigye denied bail

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Uganda: Opposition figure Kizza Besigye denied bail  Jailed Ugandan opposition figure Kizza Besigye has been denied bail by the country's high court. During a court session on Tuesday, he described the treason allegations against him as 'persecution'.  READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2025/12/31/uganda-opposition-figure-kizza-besigye-denied-bail  Subscribe on our Dailymotion channel and receive all the latest news from the continent.    Africanews is available in English and French.  Website : www.africanews.com  Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/africanews.channel/  Twitter : https://twitter.com/africanews

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00:00More than a year after he was detained, Ugandan opposition figure Hiza Besije has been denied

00:06bail by the country's high court.

00:10Besije has been charged with treason due to accusations he planned to oust the country's

00:14long-time president by force.

00:18During a court session on Tuesday, he described the allegations against him as persecution.

00:30The 68-year-old has been in custody since November last year, when he went missing in the Kenyan

00:59capital.

01:01Some legal experts say that he and other Ugandan opposition leaders are being unfairly denied

01:06bail.

01:08The state will urge you that those who are incarcerated have cases to answer, although they cannot explain

01:21why political opposition leaders in Uganda can no longer access bail from court on bailable

01:29fences, even when they meet the other conditions for bail as provided in our judicial guidelines.

01:37The court's decision comes weeks before Uganda is set to hold its general election.

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