00:00More than a year after he was detained, Ugandan opposition figure Hiza Besije has been denied
00:06bail by the country's high court.
00:10Besije has been charged with treason due to accusations he planned to oust the country's
00:14long-time president by force.
00:18During a court session on Tuesday, he described the allegations against him as persecution.
00:30The 68-year-old has been in custody since November last year, when he went missing in the Kenyan
00:59capital.
01:01Some legal experts say that he and other Ugandan opposition leaders are being unfairly denied
01:06bail.
01:08The state will urge you that those who are incarcerated have cases to answer, although they cannot explain
01:21why political opposition leaders in Uganda can no longer access bail from court on bailable
01:29fences, even when they meet the other conditions for bail as provided in our judicial guidelines.
01:37The court's decision comes weeks before Uganda is set to hold its general election.
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