Ugandan Opposition Leader Dr. Kizza Besigye Launches Hunger Strike After Three Months In Detention

Dr. Kizza Besigye, the Ugandan opposition leader, has gone on hunger strike after nearly three months in  detention while awaiting trial.His wife, Winnie Byanyima, revealed the demonstration and chastised President Yoweri Museveni’s administration for his continuing detention. Byanyima criticized Besigye’s incarceration as an illegal act committed by a dictatorship that fears his defiance  more than it appreciates justice.She emphasized that the government’s actions constitute an attack on the people of Uganda, … Continue reading Ugandan Opposition Leader Dr. Kizza Besigye Launches Hunger Strike After Three Months In Detention