Uganda's Bobi Wine asks ICC to investigate rights abuses


  • World
  • Friday, 08 Jan 2021

Ugandan opposition presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine, talks during an interview with Reuters at his home in Magere, Wakiso district on the outskirts of Kampala, Uganda January 3, 2021. Picture taken January 3, 2021. REUTERS/Abubaker Lubowa

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Uganda's main opposition leader asked the International Criminal Court on Thursday to investigate President Yoweri Museveni and senior officials for sanctioning human rights abuses in the run-up to next week's presidential election.

Popstar-turned-lawmaker Robert Kyagulanyi, who goes by the name Bobi Wine, told reporters during a Zoom news conference from his car on the campaign trail that his lawyer had submitted the filing to The Hague court on Thursday.

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