Uganda: Military Seizing Government Critics

Click to expand Image Erias Lukwago, lawyer for Ugandan opposition politician Kizza Besigye, unlawfully seized by the military, leaves a court in Kampala, on June 22, 2026, having been remanded into custody, on charges related to representing his client. © 2026 Hajarah Nalwadda/Getty Images (Nairobi) – Uganda’s military is arbitrarily seizing government critics, holding them incommunicado, then handing them over for bogus prosecutions, Human Rights Watch said today. These actions are an apparent