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Uganda’s former opposition leader and political turned activist Col. Dr. Warren Kizza Besigye Kifefe is facing new charges of treason and misprision of treason at the Nakawa Chief Magistrates Court....

Eighteen days after Uganda's Supreme Court ruled against trying civilians in military courts, authorities, under mounting pressure, have finally produced the ailing political activist, former opposition leader and founder of...

Veteran politician Dr. Kiiza Besigye is set to appear before a civilian court today, February 19, 2025, following significant pressure from Parliament and a demand from the Speaker. His ongoing...

The Supreme Court of Uganda has ruled that the Military General Court Martial lacks the authority to prosecute civilians. In a significant decision announced by Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny Dollo,...

In a landmark decision that is set to reshape the justice system, the Supreme Court has ruled that trying civilians in military courts is unconstitutional. The judgment, delivered by a...

Human rights activist and lawyer Steven Kalali has filed a petition with the East African Court of Justice, challenging the nine-month sentence of Col. Dr. Kizza Besigye's lawyer, Eron Kiiza,...

The statement released today 8 January 2025 by Isaac K. Ssemakadde, President, Uganda Law Society, reads that the Uganda Law Society (ULS) has taken note of the nine-month contempt imprisonment...

Tensions escalated at the General Court Martial in Makindye, a suburb of Kampala, Uganda's capital, when city lawyer Eron Kiiza, who represents political activist Dr. Col. Warren Kizza Besigye, was...

Precious Tumuhirwe, a 35-year-old housemaid, has been sentenced to 40 years in prison by the Kira Magistrates Court after pleading guilty to charges of torturing a 4-year-old child. The sentencing...

Famed local dancehall artist Patrick Mulwana, better known as Alien Skin, was on November 29, 2024 with stringent restrictions on his movements. He was released alongside his bodyguard, Julius Mugabi,...