The Uganda Prisons Service has strongly denied allegations that Col (Rtd.) Dr Kizza Besigye, the detained opposition leader, ...

The deputy speaker of parliament, Thomas Tayebwa, has directed the parliamentary Human Rights Committee to visit Dr Kizza ...

While MPs can exert pressure on State institutions like prisons, the request for family-selected doctors to have access to a ...

The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Thomas Tayebwa, has instructed the Committee on Human Rights to visit Dr Kizza Besigye, who is currently held at Luzira Maximum Security Prison. Dr. Besigye faces ...

Ugandan former presidential candidate Kizza Besigye, who is on trial on charges including treason, has been placed in solitary confinement, a leading official in his party told AFP Saturday.

The proposal to dispatch the committee was specifically put forward by Bugiri Municipality legislator Asuman Basalirwa, who remarked that Parliament would have “discharged its obligations” ...

Ugandan former presidential candidate Kizza Besigye, who is on trial on charges ... to speak to visitors -- including members of his family -- via telephone, she said. Prison officials had also ...

The Minister of Information, Communications Technology, and National Guidance, Chris Baryomunsi, on Tuesday dismissed reports ...

Just a week ago, on January 12, the activist was abducted in Nairobi, sparking fresh concerns about freedom of expression in ...