00:00Down, down, down with you.
00:02Activists gathered in Kenya's capital on Thursday to demand the release of Ugandan opposition leader Kiza Besije a day after
00:10he collapsed in a court in Kampala.
00:13Eyewitness, a legal account described a shocking, frail state of deterioration with Dr. Besije exhibiting yellowing eyes, labored breathing and
00:25gasping off for air.
00:26He is currently fitting for his life under hostile military guard in the ICU at Mulango National Referral Hospital.
00:36Simultaneously, his co-counsel and People Front for Freedom leaders, Arias Lukwago, is trapped in critical condition at Luzira prison,
00:46where the state has actively denied him special life-saving medical evacuation to India despite official warning from national referral
00:58doctors.
00:59Besije fell in the dock on Wednesday while protesting his trial without lawyers of his own choosing.
01:05He remains admitted in hospital.
01:08The continued detention of Dr. Besije therefore cannot be viewed in isolation.
01:15His unlawful cross-border rendition prolonged detention, deteriorating health and continued prosecution,
01:25despite mounting challenges to the state's own evidence collectively point to unescalating assault on due processes, judicial independence and the
01:35rule of law.
01:36Besije was abducted in Nairobi in November 2024 and was later charged in a military court in Uganda.
01:44His case was moved to a civilian court last year.
01:50OMOHA
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