Opposition leader Kizza Besigye arrested for third time in five days

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It appears that Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye has been arrested for a third time since

Thursday (18 February) after having been under house arrest since Saturday night (20 January).

Besigye had vowed to march to the Electoral Commission (EC) headquarters on Monday

(22 February) morning to ask for a copy of the declaration of the results from Thursday's general

elections, in which President Yoweri Museveni won a fifth term in office. The leader was first

arrested on Election Day on 18 February 'for trespassing on a military installation', and again

on 19 February after riot police sealed off the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) 's tally centre.

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