Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye in critical health while jailed

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Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye in critical health while jailed  The health of jailed Ugandan opposition figure Kizza Besigye is failing, his party said on Tuesday, after he was driven overnight to a medical facility in the capital of Kampala.  READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2026/01/20/ugandan-opposition-leader-kizza-besigye-in-critical-health-while-jailed  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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00:00The health of jailed Ugandan opposition figure Kiza Besidje has reached a critical and deteriorating

00:07state, his party said on Tuesday. In a statement, the People's Front for Freedom said Besidje was

00:13driven overnight from Luzira prison to a medical facility in Kampala. Since November 2024, the

00:2069-year-old veteran politician has been detained in a maximum security jail in the capital over

00:25allegations he plotted to overthrow the government. He is said to be tried over treason charges he

00:31says are politically motivated. On Tuesday, the People's Front for Freedom also demanded

00:36unrestricted access to Besidje by his personal doctors and family. The party said the prominent

00:42opposition figure is being denied his own right to medical dignity. A spokesman for Uganda's prison

00:47system denied that the politician was in failing health. He instead described Besidje's overnight

00:53trip to see a doctor at a general check-up.

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