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BOBI WINE ARRESTED AGAIN AT AIRPORT AND BLOCKED FROM SEEKING MEDICAL TREATMENT IN US

Kisasa Staff by Kisasa Staff
September 7, 2018
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Uganda's prominent opposition politician Robert Kyagulanyi known as Bobi Wine (C) walks ahead of appearing at the general court martial in Gulu, northern Uganda on August 23, 2018. - Uganda has filed treason charges against pop star-turned-MP Robert Kyagulanyi shortly after prosecutors dropped accusations of illegal weapons possession against him, in a case that has prompted an international outcry. The Chief Magistrate Court in the northern town of Gulu ordered Kyagulanyi -- stage name Bobi Wine -- to be held in custody until August 30. He will appear alongside 34 others also charged with treason last week. (Photo by STRINGER / AFP)        (Photo credit should read STRINGER/AFP/Getty Images)

Uganda's prominent opposition politician Robert Kyagulanyi known as Bobi Wine (C) walks ahead of appearing at the general court martial in Gulu, northern Uganda on August 23, 2018. - Uganda has filed treason charges against pop star-turned-MP Robert Kyagulanyi shortly after prosecutors dropped accusations of illegal weapons possession against him, in a case that has prompted an international outcry. The Chief Magistrate Court in the northern town of Gulu ordered Kyagulanyi -- stage name Bobi Wine -- to be held in custody until August 30. He will appear alongside 34 others also charged with treason last week. (Photo by STRINGER / AFP) (Photo credit should read STRINGER/AFP/Getty Images)

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The family of Robert Kyagulanyi, a Ugandan pop star-turned-opposition legislator, fears for his safety after he was blocked from boarding a flight to the United States and brought to a government hospital where he was detained, his lawyer said.
Wine’s detention at the hospital remains a worry for his family now, said his lawyer Robert Amsterdam.

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“When the very doctors who supervised the torture are being asked to opine on his medical condition, there’s absolutely no way we or anyone competent would agree to that,” said Amsterdam.

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“There’s no independent body here. These are doctors connected to Ugandan special forces. We are not going to let them near him. We know that they injected him with God knows what when he was being he was tortured before.

“Burn marks are showing up on his body. We want to get him out. We want to get him to an independent clinic for assessment.”

Kyagulanyi’s Ugandan lawyer Nicholas Opiyo said that police “violently abducted” Ssentamu and put him into a police ambulance at the airport.

“The Uganda Police have violently blocked Bobi Wine from travelling outside of the country in spite of the court declining to do so when being released on bail earlier in the week,” said Opiyo. “This is absurd to say the least.”

Kyagulanyi’s wife, Barbara, said in a Facebook post that security forces “manhandled” her husband, who “groaned in pain” as he shouted for help.

Police did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The 36-year-old was freed on bail on Monday but faced no travel restrictions after he and more than 30 other legislators were arrested over an incident in which the president’s motorcade was pelted with stones and Ssentamu’s driver was shot dead.

A lawyer for the singer called the charge false.

His arrest on Thursday triggered fresh protests across Kampala on Friday with his supporters burning tires and setting up barricades across streets.

The police action escalated a political dispute between the government of longtime President Yoweri Museveni and a youthful generation that fears he intends to rule for life after 32 years in power.

Kyagulanyi emerged as a powerful opposition voice among youth frustrated by Museveni, especially after the constitution was changed last year to remove an age limit on the presidency.

The singer won a parliament seat last year without the backing of a political party.
On Thursday, another legislator, Francis Zaake, was barred from boarding a plane to India, with authorities saying he was a suspect in a criminal case.

Government spokesperson Ofwono Opondo said on Twitter that Zaake, who has not been charged with any crime, escaped police custody “and should be arrested at the earliest”.

After the outcry over Kyagulanyi’s treatment at the airport, Opondo said both he and Zaake can travel “after government doctors have examined them to ascertain their medical conditions”.

Both men had been hospitalised with serious injuries they said they sustained at the hands of security forces during detention.

The speaker of Uganda’s parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, in a letter to Museveni this week described Zaake as “gravely ill” and said Ssentamu “has visible signs of torture and beatings”.

The government has denied the allegations of torture.

SOURCE: NEWS AGENCIES

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