Ugandan military extends detention of opposition leader Besigye

A Ugandan army court on Tuesday further remanded opposition leader Kizza Besigye to prison until next January.

Besigye’s defense team had requested a short adjournement but the court marial head sided with the state which demanded a long break.

Besigye is charged alongside his comrade Obeid Lutale Kamulegeya with endangering national security and subversion. The two were kidnapped by Ugandan intelligence from Kenya’s capital in November…