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**HE IS NOT ALONE* *STAND WITH BESIGYE* For 22 months, Dr Kizza Besigye has been behind the walls of Luzira Prison. For nearly three decades, he has paid a heavy price for standing for freedom, justice and democracy in Uganda - arrested countless times, detained, brutalised and prosecuted, without a single criminal conviction. Now his health is failing. He collapsed in court. Yet bail has repeatedly been denied. His trial continues while he is unwell and unable to participate fully in his defence. His legal team has been broken up: team leader @MarthaKarua barred from Uganda, another forced into exile, and his Deputy lead lawyer, former Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago, @EriasLukwago_ himself now in prison instead of hospital of choice per medical team opinion. They (Government) have taken Besigye’s freedom. We (the people) will not stand by as prison takes his health and dignity too. And we stand with those imprisoned alongside him, and those paying a price for defending him. OUR GOAL: UGX 100 MILLION We are raising UGX 100,000,000 for Dr Besigye’s welfare and care in detention, and to ease the enormous burden that prolonged imprisonment places on those caring for him. This is not a legal fund. It is a human solidarity fund. It is ordinary people saying to a man who has given so much: You are not alone. We see you. We stand with you. The arithmetic is simple: 100 people × UGX 1,000,000 1,000 people × UGX 100,000 10,000 people × UGX 10,000 Every contribution counts. No amount is too small. Let thousands of us turn our concern into solidarity—and our solidarity into action. CONTRIBUTE: +256 776 462727 — Atuhaire Agather HE IS NOT ALONE. SHOW UP. NOT TOMORROW. NOW. #StandWithBesigye #FreeBesigye