Detained Uganda opposition politician on hunger strike taken to hospital, lawmaker says


FILE PHOTO: Opposition leader Kizza Besigye and Obeid Lutale stand in a steel dock at the Uganda Military General Court Martial in Makindye, a suburb of Kampala, Uganda December 2, 2024. REUTERS Abubaker Lubowa/File Photo

KAMPALA (Reuters) - Detained Ugandan opposition politician Kizza Besigye, who went on a hunger strike last week, has been rushed to hospital after his health deteriorated, an allied lawmaker and a local television broadcaster said.

A long-time political opponent and critic of President Yoweri Museveni, Besigye's prosecution by a military court and near three-month incarceration has stoked public anger against the government.

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