And some updates on Ugandan politics from the Monitor
Judge Withdraws from Besigye Case
Ugandans to Demonstrate Worldwide
Fear is the Key to Election in Uganda
Police raid Monitor over FDC advert
So I was just wondering two days ago whether the Monitor would be shut down… and then the police raid the paper in the middle of the night. The paper was shut down over a corruption story a few years ago, and the international community had a fit. And Museveni did shut down a radio station this summer for talking about stuff Museveni did not want talked about (if I recall it had to do with the death of Garang on his way back to Sudan, but I could be wrong).
And from the state-run New Vision
Police check Daily Monitor office
“Every Police action is justifiable provided it is done under the law. They must have had a reason as to why they went there. It’s part of their normal work.”—Minister of State information, Dr. James Nsaba Buturo
Besigye bail case set for Thursday
Judge pulls out of PRA case
Besigye Charge Sheets
And from the BBC
Ugandan judge's fury at military
"The High Court witnessed the most naked and grotesque violation of the twin doctrines of the rule of law and the independence of the judiciary," said Head of the High Court Judge James Ogoola
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