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Commonwealth urges Uganda to release Besigye

By Reuters The Commonwealth called on Tuesday for Uganda, a member of the 56-nation group, to release opposition politician Kizza Besigye, saying his detention undermined democracy and human rights. A long-time critic of President Yoweri Museveni, Besigye’s prosecution by a military court and near three-month incarceration for offences including illegal firearms possession has stoked public anger against the government. Besigye, 68, went on hunger strike last week, and he was briefly hospitalised over the weekend, an allied lawmaker said. Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland said the detention of Besigye, his lawyer and an aide undermined “principles of democracy, human rights and the rule of law”, in rare criticism of a member by the group, which evolved out of the British Empire. […]

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