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Uganda: Wine Detention for His Protection; Lawyer Argues Otherwise

Halima Athumani

   KAMPALA - Lawyers representing Ugandan opposition leader Robert
   Kyagulanyi, known as Bobi Wine, have asked a court to order his release
   from a week-long de facto house arrest. State security has prevented
   anyone from entering or leaving Wine's home since he alleged fraud in
   last week's re-election of President Yoweri Museveni. State prosecutors
   say that Wine's family members can come and go as they please and the
   detention is for his protection, a claim denounced by the opposition
   and rights activists.

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