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Wife of jailed Ugandan opposition leader wants family supplied food for husband


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The wife of jailed Ugandan opposition leader Dr. Kizza Besigye says her husband does not want to go on a hunger strike just to make a point. However, Winnie Byanyima, who is also executive director of the United Nations AIDS agency (UNAIDS), says her husband has been given impossible choices, including life in prison. Dr. Besigye and a co-defendant are on trial in a military court for the unlawful possession of ammunition and a firearm. Byanyima tells VOA's James Butty, prison authorities are denying Dr. Besigye his choice of family prepared food, contrary to prison practices

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