Tensions boiling pre-vote? Uganda just muzzled live TV/streams of riots, illegal marches, and violence Ministry of Info & Tech says it stops panic and escalation. No inciting, hateful content either.
Kicks in days before Jan 15 polls, where 40-year ruler Yoweri Museveni eyes extension against pop-star Bobi Wine (43). Hundreds of opposition nabbed already; Amnesty blasts “brutal repression”—arrests, beatings, torture on Wine backers.
Flashback: 2021 election saw 50+ killed in security clamps as Wine cried steal (denied). Museveni, Africa’s 3rd longest leader since ’86 rebel takeover, faces torture/intimidation accusations (he denies). Kizza Besigye? Still jailed over a year on treason raps (denied).
Gov and cops mum on comments. Free speech squeeze or stability play?
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