By RFIPalled on 07-08-2019Modified on 07-08-2019 at 19:00
In Uganda, the voices critical of President Yoweri Museveni are still in the sights of justice. On Tuesday, August 6, a court accused opponent Bobi Wine of "bothering" the president. Indicted, the opponent denies the facts.
Bobi Wine was asked to justify its role in the stall in August 2018, a convoy of President Yoweri Museveni. A presidential convoy that crisscrossed the city of Arua in the north of the country as part of the legislative. The opponent was originally accused of treason, but on Tuesday, August 6, the court finally charged him for " annoying " the head of state.
This is not the first time Bobi Wine has been the target of legal action. The singer has been arrested several times and the authorities regularly prevent him from performing in public.
Presidential candidate of 2021
Presidential candidate of 2021 , Bobi Wine advocates a " revolution of youth " to impose in his words, " a peaceful revolution ." The young opponent regularly criticizes the hardening around dissenting voices.
The charge comes a few days after Stella Nyanzi, a prominent academic and feminist, was sentenced to 18 months in prison .
She was found guilty by the harassment justice of the president. Several human rights organizations have strongly denounced this sentence, saying that it marks " a precedent " for restrictions on freedom of expression.
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