Leading Ugandan opposition figure Kizza Besigye has been arrested multiple times, pepper-sprayed, faced spurious charges of rape and treason, and once fled the country in fear of his life.Besigye ran again against his former patient in 2006 but spent most of the campaign defending himself against rape and treason charges that the High Court later found were trumped up.

Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye is being held in a military jail after being detained in neighboring Kenya’s capital over the weekend and moved to Kampala, according to his wife.

The wife of Ugandan opposition figure Kizza Besigye says he was kidnapped in neighboring Kenya and is being held in a Ugandan military jail

Leading Ugandan opposition figure Kizza Besigye is due to appear before a military court on Wednesday, his lawyer said, after his reported

Prominent Ugandan opposition figure Kizza Besigye was reportedly kidnapped at a Kenya book launch and transferred to a military jail in Kampala. His wife, Winnie Byanyima, urges his release. Besigye's detentions highlight growing concerns over human rights in the region.

Kizza Besigye is a longtime critic of strongman President Yoweri Museveni. Besigye's wife says he is being held in military jail despite not being a soldier.

The wife of Ugandan opposition politician, Kizza Besigye, has asked Uganda’s military to release her husband from military detention in Kampala. According to Winnie Byanyima, Dr Besigye is in detention after he went missing on Saturday in Nairobi where he had gone to attend a book launch by Kenya’s former Minister for Justice,

Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye was reportedly kidnapped in Nairobi where he came to attend a book launch by former Minister for Justice, Martha Karua.

A prominent Ugandan opposition politician was kidnapped during a book launch in Kenya over the weekend, transferred to Uganda and is being held at a military jail in Kampala, his wife said on Wednesday.

Leading Ugandan opposition figure Kizza Besigye was "kidnapped" in Kenya and is being held in a Kampala military jail, according to his wife, a top UN official.

Kizza Besigye, a major Ugandan opposition figure, was "kidnapped" in Kenya and is being held in a Kampala military jail, his wife, a top UN official, said Tuesday.