Ugandan activists demand release of opposition leader facing military trial

Ugandan opposition leader and four-time presidential candidate Kizza Besigye is accused of treachery (AP)

Ugandan opposition leaders have demanded the release of a colleague whose military trial faces a legal challenge after the top court ruled that civilians cannot be court-martialled.

Kizza Besigye, a four-time presidential candidate in the East African country, has been in jail since his abduction from the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, where he went missing on November 16.