The Minister of Justice says that Eddie Mutwe shows signs of abuse during the appearance of the court, and his lawyer says he was tortured daily.
An opposition activist including Ugandan military leader Muhoozi Kaineerugaba, claimed According to the Minister of Justice.
Eddie Mutwe, who acts as the main bodyguard for the main Ugandan opposition figure, Bobi Wine, He disappeared on April 27 after being seized near the capital, Kampala, by armed men, according to the Festival of the National Unity of Unity (NUP) of Wine.
Kaineaurugaba Defense Forces head, longtime president Yowerri Museveni The older child, said last week that he had owned Mutwe, writing on X that he had captured him “like a grasshopper” and that “used it as a punch bag”.
Kaineerugaba also referred to Mutwe to be tortured, saying he had beaten him and shaved his head.
“If they continue to provoke us, we will discipline them even more,” he said about the opposition.
Facing flight fees
Mutwe was presented on Monday before the court and placed in detention of the flight accusations, said his lawyer.
In a statement published late Monday, Minister of Justice Norbert Mao said Mutwe had appeared in court “in a visibly weak condition and showing signs of being tortured.”
“Attracting illegally detained, brutalized and tortured suspects in court is an abuse of legal processes,” said Mao, the leader of an opposition party who was appointed Minister of Justice in 2022.
Mao did not say who was responsible for the state of Mutwe, but called on the courts to quickly treat the case of the opposition figure.
Mutwe’s lawyer Magellan Kazibwe told journalists outside the court on Monday that his client had been tortured daily and electrocuted during his detention.
It is in my basement. Runyankore learning. You are next! https://t.co/8pmgdgcru2
– Muhoozi Kainerugaba (@mkaineerugaba) May 1, 2025
Opposition repression
The case intervened in the midst of an increasing repression of the Ugandan opposition while the wine prepared to launch a campaign of “protest vote” before a general election in January.
Friday, wine – a former singer whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi and who has become Museveni’s main opponent – said on X that the security forces had “just pierced and completed our headquarters”.
He also condemned the abduction of Mutwe, telling the AFP news agency that it was “a reminder of the world on the way in which law and order were broken down into Uganda”.
Kaineerugaba, who is widely considered to be treated to succeed his 80 -year -old father, often made incendiary comments on social networks and wrote on X that he wanted to decapitate wine.
The Ugandan government was faced with an international conviction on the removal of opposition figures, notably the veteran chief Kizza Besigye, who was Seized in Kenya last year And came back from force to face accusations of betrayal.
Museveni, who has ruled since 1986 and plans to re -elect in January, denied allegations of human rights violations.
But the Uganda terminal said Mutwe’s kidnapping was not an isolated incident.
Instead, he is “part of a systematic campaign to silence dissent and crush the aspirations of young people who aspire to freedom,” the group said in a statement.
The Ugandan Human Rights Committee, which is responsible for investigating abuse and monitoring the government’s human rights file, said they had made an order on Friday ordering the authorities to release Mutwe.