Besigye has repeatedly suffered different violations during duals with Uganda Police
Dr Kizza Besigye, President Museveni’s four-time presidential challenger who, just five years ago, was viewed as a sour loser by the diplomatic corps in Kampala is set to make a presentation to the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland.
The Council, under its Universal Periodic Review mechanism, is due to appraise Uganda’s human rights record on November 3.
Under its Complaint Procedure, HRC allows individuals, groups or nongovernmental organisations to bring to its attention human rights violations they claim to be victims of or have reliably proven.
The Opposition has for a while been trying to involve the international legal mechanisms to stop what they describe as repression and human rights violations by government.
Besigye at the beginning of this week flew out of the country for the US hours after police blocked him from attending court. Without revealing details about his trip, Dr Besigye told journalists on Monday evening he was going to Entebbe airport for a trip.
“I have a trip abroad. For some reason now, they (police) haven’t asked me where I am going,” said Dr Besigye before he left Kampala.
Dr Besigye’s presentation to the HRC will add to other notable appearances he had during his earlier trip abroad. Key among them was one at the Chatham House; the world’s leading think tank.
