Ugandan Opposition Leader Kizza Besigye in intensive care, wife says
Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye is in intensive care in hospital, his wife and medical sources said on Thursday, as the UN blasted a wider crackdown on dissent.
In Geneva, UN rights chief Volker Turk said the crackdown on dissent was twinned with a gradual erosion of the rule of law, increased military involvement in civilian institutions, and shrinking civic space.
The UN rights office said it had also received information about increased military involvement in civilian institutions, while some media outlets have been forced to close temporarily.
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