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 KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - Uganda filed new charges of terrorism and illegal firearms possession against the country's jailed opposition leader Thursday in a military court controlled by the president's trusted aides.
Opposition leader Kizza Besigye believes the charges, which carry the death penalty, are baseless and he refused to answer them at a closed military court session, defense lawyer Sam Njuba told The Associated Press. The head of the court entered a not guilty plea on Besigye's behalf.
The military charges came as Besigye was expected to appear before Uganda's civilian High Court for a bail hearing that might have set him free on the civilian charges. The government did not specify why it was accusing Besigye of terrorism.
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