Wife of ‘abducted’ Ugandan opposition figure says he won’t get justice | U.S. & World [Video]

KAMPALA (Reuters) – The wife of Ugandan opposition politician Kizza Besigye has said she does not expect him to get a fair trial after he was detained in neighbouring Kenya, brought home and accused of possessing weapons and other offences in a military court.

Winnie Byanyima said last week her husband was seized as he prepared to attend a book launch in Nairobi on Nov. 16 – in what both rights group Amnesty International and a senior official at Kenya’s foreign ministry have described as an abduction.

Uganda’s government spokesperson, Chris Baryomunsi, said last week his country does not carry out abductions, and that arrests abroad were done in collaboration with host countries, but did not comment on the specific case.

“In the military court, we do not expect to get justice,” Winnie Byanyima told Reuters in an interview in Kampala on Saturday.

“We can only wait for them to …