Ugandan opposition files petition to quash legislation allowing military courts to try civilians

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Ugandan opposition files petition to quash legislation allowing military courts to try civilians  Uganda's main opposition party, the National Unity Platform has filed a case in the constitutional court to nullify a new law that reinstates the right of military tribunals to try civilians.   READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2025/08/13/ugandan-opposition-files-petition-to-quash-legislation-allowing-military-courts-to-try-civ  Subscribe on our Dailymotion channel and receive all the latest news from the continent.    Africanews is available in English and French.  Website : www.africanews.com  Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/africanews.channel/  Twitter : https://twitter.com/africanews

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00:00Uganda's main opposition party, the National Unity Platform, has filed a case in the Constitutional Court

00:06to nullify a new law that reinstates the right of military tribunals to try civilians.

00:13Opposition figure Kizabesidje was brought before a military court last November,

00:18but his case was transferred following a Supreme Court ruling in January

00:22that barred the prosecution of civilians by military tribunals.

00:27But in May, Parliament passed a bill to reinstate the right of military courts to prosecute civilians

00:33and President Yoweri Museveni signed it into law.

00:38Rights campaigners have accused Museveni's government of using military courts to pursue political opponents.

00:44But officials say only civilians who use guns for political violence are prosecuted in those tribunals.

00:51Many supporters and leaders of the NUP, including singer-turned-politician Bobby Wine,

00:57who's preparing to challenge Museveni in next year's election,

01:01have previously been charged or prosecuted by military tribunals.

01:06Kizabesidje is still in detention almost nine months after his arrest and has been repeatedly denied bail.

01:13Kizabesidje is still in the estas 뒤에,

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