A prominent Ugandan lawyer, Erias Lukwago, was charged on June 17, 2026 with “misprision of treason”—failing to report treason to authorities—days after security forces arrested him. Lukwago, a senior opposition figure and former mayor of Kampala, denied the charge in court and was remanded in custody. He represents detained opposition leader Kizza Besigye in a treason trial, as well as in a related case in which Besigye sued military chief Muhoozi Kainerugaba—the son of President Yoweri Museveni—for repeatedly threatening his life on social media. Opposition leader Bobi Wine, now in exile in the U.S., said soldiers seized Lukwago as he prepared to serve a court summons on the military chief, and Lukwago’s lawyer told reporters his client had collapsed in detention after being forced to do intense physical drills. The arrest comes amid heightened tensions following Museveni’s disputed January election victory, which extended his four-decade rule, with Kainerugaba having publicly threatened to harm Lukwago, hang Besigye, and kill Wine.

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