Thursday, February 11, 2016

No bail for General Sejusa

Remember the case of David Sejusa, the Ugandan four-star general who was recently arrested? He applied for release on bail but was denied by the general court-martial because he could not find an officer of equal rank (how many could there be?) to guarantee his appearance for trial. Civilian sureties -- a lord mayor and a physician --were deemed unqualified. Details here.

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