The countries to pass the 12000000 coronavirus cases. Meanwhile, the u. S. Food and Drug Administration has issued an emergency approval for generations. Antibody therapy for the headlines opposition parties in pakistan are to hold a major rally against Prime Minister imran khan. Theyve been holding these rallies for several weeks trying to keep the pressure on the pakistani government. They are accusing the military of backing in a rigged election. 2 years ago, these rallies are still happening despite government ban on public gatherings to curb rising coronavirus cases in the shower. We have been saying the workers from the greatest Political Party congregating when you were very far from where we are. All the Political Party represented had an alliance of 11 Political Parties. So even if every party brings a couple of 1000 people, we expect a large crowd, although the government had warned their days in their dangerous thing, that such events really prove to be great. There is, however, the opposition remaining adamant in saying that the government is using colgate. 99 an excuse. You can gain day as part of the rallies against the Congress Buildings during antigovernment, protests, thousands have been out on the streets and budget cuts to education and health spending. They say it disenfranchises the poor and indigenous people. Voting has become the president ial election. President christian couple ray is seeking a 2nd 5 year term in office, even the 2 of his main challenges of accused him of trying to rig the votes. You are up to date with the headlines on aljazeera. The latest edition of inside story is next. On countering the cost, sambir becomes the 1st african nation to default on its debts in the pandemic era. But as dense pile up Central Banks think the unthinkable. Negative Interest Rates plus brazil was dumped on the rankings of the worlds top 10, economies. Countering the cost on aljazeera a crackdown on ugandas opposition. Dozens killed in protests after pop, star turned politician bobby wine is arrested once again. So how much of a threat is he to the president next januarys election . This is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program. Ugandas election. Campaigning is suffering a violent start. At least 37. 00 people have died in protests triggered by the arrest of the countrys most famous opposition. Figure bobby one hes been charged with breaking cold in 1000. 00 rules during a Campaign Rally. Wine says he was tortured in detention and accuses the government of intimidation, but the government is blaming wind supporters for the unrest. Malcolm web reports, dozens of people have been killed in the capital kampala. Protests broke out on wednesday. They began after the pop star turned president ial candidate will be wind, was arrested and held a Campaign Rally in the room to district just over 100 kilometers from the capital. As usual, that attracted thousands of supporters. Many more than the limits of 200 allowed on the covert. 19 restrictions. There was a very early and very active. Its one of the political groups, but it still wasnt, im good. Police intervened. So the bits where im going to get confidential, we deported the boat. We won supporters didnt see it like that. They think the governments trying to stop him sweeping to victory in president ial elections due in january. Hes challenging, president yoweri, miss 70. Hes been in power for 34 years. After 2 days in jail, he was charged in cold with breaking the covert prevention rules released on bail. This is, in my opinion, meant because i value to still use them the same thing. And while sustaining a dictatorship cannot be broken but you got our citizens. We are not going to stop fighting for a better you gun for other opposition. President ial candidates have suspended their campaigns to protest against the actions of the Security Forces. The government blames the demonstrators rioting and attacking police officers. What is, how do you make sure you and the key to you . If you make of violence, the elections are meant to be held just on the 2 months from now. Its not clear if the campaigns will continue or how. But it is clear they got off to a violent start, malcolm web al jazeera. All right, lets take a closer look at who bobby wine is. And his rise to prominence in ugandan politics. Bobby whines. Real name is robert golani. Hes a musician, turned politician, and is among 11 candidates, challenging president , president yoweri, 70. He want to see it in parliament as an independent by a landslide in a 2017 by election, but has since been badly assaulted and detained many times. The following year in 2018, he was charged with treason along with 32. 00, others, some claim they were tortured by soldiers, while in detention. The authorities deny that the afrobeat star is popular with young people and has been attracting large crowds. His campaign has rattled the Ruling National Resistance movement, and this is the 2nd time hes been arrested this month. All right, before we get into the discussion, lets speak 1st to kids. A besiege a in kampala is a 4 time president ial candidate and patron of the Opposition Party f d. C. The forum for Democratic Change has it as someone who has run for president in uganda 4 times in the past. And as someone who has been arrested numerous times, are you at all surprised that bobby wine was arrested again in the past few days . Yes or no, not because over the next you know that effort by the same problems myself or as you know one of the elections nominated from the muslim letter to prison where i remained as mr. 70. 4 another one month i got out of jail. I go to bed one month into the contents even getting to that months that i was out before the election itself. I was on trial for rape. It trumped up charge that had been a priest to me, their whole campaign, they were going to go out in the afternoon in the mornings. I would be in the court over try and, and thats how are they lecturers have been in this time 70 you see thats not organize the elections so that really people express they are, we are and how they will be governed or we have governed them. He organizes elections simple as if assad for you to a national, no recognition that there has been some kind of a process of some kind of an electoral process. But he never election. They had a constant speeches. Ted are using the military and you know, a lot of money that is pumped out into their population. Corrent support their control of media and they media that does not you know, act according to they are we then asked and sometimes gross you know, that same, same set of beings that have been night before i acted and what that being applied. Now, are you concerned that the violence that is going on now could get worse . Without doubt because of their frustration within the population intensifies their lame for over repression. The must increase. And we have seen that these all the through their last fact theyre funny. As you know, we missed them 7, it has been enough. These i have contested with 4 times and the violence and lot of these other democratic preps is that he engages, has all been on the rice, the amount of money he has to spend escalates every election. The amount of the us to use escalates every election. There, trolling institutions, you know, the media and so on escalates. So im not surprised at that. Indeed, violence is escalating now. This time we have an additional pressure over coverage weeks lead to a lockdown for some months and indeed to some of the businesses have not opened. And of these has led to an interesting case trend over the displays within their country. So we are far more resistance from the population and therefore corresponding to violence from the state because it can you give our viewers a sense of what opposition parties and opposition Politicians Face in uganda. I mean, how much space do opposition . Parties and politicians have in which to operate in uganda. You see frank, the opposition parties can not function and a military regime. The regime in the uganda is the military is an outright military regime. And dont forget, no leader in our country has ever handed over peace with all leaders that we have had in uganda since independence in 1600 to have bumped into office. And whoever has been bumped out of office. So their political discourse, their political power, is not to mediate it. But through civic institutions and the Political Parties that are or have been the victim of the military rule. Since independence, you cannot have it a Political Party functioning when, for example, that Political Party cannot freely organize meetings, fundraise you know, engage in activities that promote their party. And all of those activities very restricted here. There is a law that was passed sometime back public owed the management act, which requires that you know, that obvious political meeting over 3 or more people. You are required to express by me short of the Inspector General of police over your ground. And of course, when you ask or not my mission is to not brand. So what is called a reality. I have very, very close train. And they are not political, but you are not allowed under 70. And you, 2000, before he came into office in 1986, Political Parties were only allowed to function even in the smaller way they are since 102005. So we dont have a culture of practice and democratic practice. What goes on sympathy in these Political Parties is using the smartest place that is allowed to expand peoples understanding to carry out civic education, to mobilize their population. So that frankly, they can resist using or means possible. See if we transition to a democratic dispensation is a procedure. Thank you so much for your time today. We do appreciate it and now lets bring in our panel also all. d in kampala and from wonder is founder and managing director of the independent magazine covering eastern africa. Marion curable is a politician and social movement campaigner and oriya, mikko is africa, researcher for human rights watch. Welcome to you all andrew. Let me start with you. Human rights watch says authorities in uganda are using covert 19 regulations as a pretext to violate rights and clamp down on the opposition and the media. The group also says that while Security Forces dispersed Opposition Campaign rallies, they also allowed rallies for the Ruling National Resistance movement to continue. What do you say to that . Well, i think that, according to one team has provided the state. We the diplomatic excuse to crack down on opposition rallies, but that doesnt mean that the action of the state is illegitimate. Anyone who knows, i think its not good for. In addition, conduct must readies in the context of respond to make. There were present. Trump has been doing that its states, so i would sit the fuck it out in government is to be the opposition by stopping the rallies, allowing its own supporters conduct. These rallies does not mean that the action of stopping the bus rallies is a bad action. I think less a bit good decision. I wish opposition politicians in uganda, under spic Standard Operating Procedures and a good lens. Sit by the electoral commission, you see the opposition in uganda. And it was something to recall correctly that the government of mr. Hayward, im 70 is characterized by gross corruption, incompetence and a lack of the public spirit to take care of the public to do anything to retain power. So the opposition, the reform argue that this country does change and it is change in a form of a set of values and of principles that will underlie a lot of our next governance and that them. So if you are in opposition, president ial candidate, it will be when you have tens of thousands of people with who are not socially stacy who are not Wearing Masks coming to rallies. Youre standing on top of your car singing and dancing for them. Literally leading them to be a grips. Does that show that you are responsible that does that . Does that show that you have different from president europe 7 we accuse of selfishness in the pursuit of power. Youre also willing to risk the lives of hundreds of thousands over support us and so many other citizens on truck a very dangerous virus and die. Do you think thats a fact . So i think that the human race are going to show sometimes tend to break out of mice in a country and sit between evil and good. The government is a devil. Opposition . Evil. In fact, i think we need to hold both sides of the political dislike out that both the state and the opposition. A selfish, inconsiderate interest of this country. And i think i wish business you, melissa, are going to dish and such a multifaceted a perspective on the problems of our country for ian. Is it realistic to expect that the opposition actually has an opportunity to increase its support or to gain power through these elections . Well i think thats happened at this point in time is the fact that crackdowns that are happening against the opposition us all intense and have been soul violence. I think if the opposition is going to be in a position to campaign they should be allowed to people think of platform and event simply hasnt been the case in the past 2 weeks along with arrests and valleys that have been dispersed in such a violent ways. And i think that if, if were going to have a free and fair election, the actions that this government has been taking really should should, shouldnt, shouldnt be, shouldnt be happening, mary. And just how popular a figure is, bobbie, why, and how much has bobby winds large following rattled the ruling in our in party armies ready . And in uganda im as much as people say, thats where you stand in the pond and you know the machinery in perfect time to be in my knowledge about every part of every politician. Because so much of the government has hired as a higher calling than the most i knew in. But to me i think it was what he was brought in on on board being something new. I mean, we met for us. I dont think i lived in the time, but i have been following politics. Ive been in a bar in when i became, oh, quite the oh, well, i had never seen mission my protein before. Most, most of the most o. , the protests would just end income for a lot. Im doing the end income for that. Thats the end of it. But we sold by today in the whole country. One strike. And you know, im the Security Forces had 50 cars times playing songs of strikes, simple, stupid, most to be afraid anymore. So we had met 5 same purpose to base model. I dont, you know, people kept talking but the naysayers kept on saying thats all youre going to focalize in it even come alive in the cup with b. P. But we have been whereby you have going to come paying people following. You then challenged you and crowds and you know, in particular breaking team and i am thinking also because through the fact that many ugandans identify with him, he doesnt have the, the background gods. Most politicians in the us going to some of them have, you know, been part of the, the mind and you know, what, im a grandma also being generals on military. Its also on the outside that life will prove, i believe he comes from a very simple yet my view background. I wouldnt think its not only politicians, they are a long time. He thought of removing the politics of allowing them out. I would call him in from the administration and im basically then as we need to him because of his background that he grew up to, he knows yes, troubles and most of the experiences that he has gone through. He has on them mean. So in someone who listens to his song, really the mom who has been on the white, andrew, let me ask you, do you expect elections are actually going to take place as scheduled in january, or is there a chance at this point that they could get delayed i think the elections will take place on january 14th. I dont see anything that would stop those elections, but they need to correct the fact. In fact, i miss when i listened to miriam, i think shes a very young person and she says she joined politics in 26. In 2006 president ial credit, shes a recent who has appeared on this program a few minutes ago was arrested and the country away to protest across across the whole of uganda. And those protests last the minimum, what they learned today. And they were even larger. In fact, the midst of the time we were reporting a look at make baghdad at that same americans, a body that in iraq again in 28, you live in. There were protests scored a look where they left the cross to munch on their scripts, across the whole country, from the most to the west to the east. Im central, so the country this is not to do you still for the use of the state to the disadvantage of the opposition has been a mistake feature of them, some of the government throughout all of elections. We have dissed, old citizens during the elections is not new in 2001. We lost 100, actually 7 people during that election campaign. And there was a parliamentary, we just additional after the election, which said that most of these, well, it was accosted by the state. So this is not a new what they would say is that the 2 bit the visibility of the protests and the scale of the protests is, is a disadvantage because of the availability of modern communication technologies, especially social media. Or imagine in front of 15. Im sorry, andrew, look at me. I think about it like that. You didnt go ahead though. He was saying that in 2015 we had a 5000004700000, people with internet accounts. Now by end of december 21000, uganda had 15000000 internet accounts. So there is widespread use of so much once widespread access into it, which is making it much more than been yes, the disability formation of what is already in. Let me ask you, you heard andrew there talk about the prevalence of violence and other elections past with all this happening so early in this campaigning season. What does this mean from your Vantage PointGoing Forward for the election . I mean, its a sign of about things from as a rightly point out, its just the beginning, this is 2 weeks into the campaign season. And the message is clear that authorities are going to come down on opposition rallies that are going to come down, vote tests. Theyre also going to mystic the space in which gentleness can work. Weve seen that in general. This has been arrested for covering some of the rallies and the protests as well as all the signs of very for stark. But its not surprising. And we have just a little over a little under 2 months to call. So thats our expectation is that things are potentially going to get worse unless there is a very big change in the way that the government approaches these elections, mary, and we only have a couple of minutes left. Let me just ask you how engaged are youth in uganda politics, and do they feel that they can make a real difference in the direction of the country . I think that you are very good. I just mundelein you. Thats not just that larry may be the most important person, you know. I mean, just look at the, the number of young people that we know and you talk rock. Not only he made the same plea, you need to lock in to an n. R. A. Mike. Every seem to me are cockily think you have to put child name all the generations you can in and in between. Andrew, does the public in uganda trust the overall electoral process . Well, if you look at opinion polls, it is just a 50 about just a 5 percent of ugandans have facing the electoral process and about 45 percent depending on the poor, but it is 5050. And because remember that uganda is a country in the transition, democracy is not an event, its a general understood then it is not achieved at the goal of or one sprint. It is a matter for the construct of the creep under the process of democratization is given, not linear, it does not follow it continuously improving scuffs, but it goes through not exact democracy, the contest of the right. And they personally, i dont think that see what we see in uganda given its level of development at the time it has been strength experiment with democracy, that the country is doing that badly. We have some but a minute we can assist and they are being fixed. In fact, i was surprised when we did interview with those that wish to because when dr. Bashir was in the government with president george w. We did not have an elected parliament present term 7 was not elected himself. It is because of the present was elected in a process where, where there is a lot. It is. Even donald trump, you think there were irregularities in the last election in america alone have a question of who should choose which power under rules by the gun. And therefore uganda, we need to look at it as a country that in the process of democratisation it is just minutes ago. And yes, i think it is dealing with them better than many other countries have done, including the most mature democracies when they were like us, they did this much and then years and under them much more quickly than we have. So i think you have should be proud of where they are cheating. The only problem is that i thought i would grow an opposition in uganda to sustain the momentum of democracy by insisting to get support doesnt a great writer to quit civilian as a grow in wait the Security Forces to crack down because that us was built on the states order and when you sense that you get the process going to be in order in the highly populated markets and achieving areas, it is difficult even though to writable, avoid fatalities. And i think its incumbent upward, the opposition to the most that they stand and accord. Speedy, a right to use. Im superior. Presuppose to the government that theyre fighting. All right, weve run out of time, so were going to have to leave it there. Thanks so much to all our guests and dream when the marian curable or e m nickel and kiss the c. G. And thank you too for watching. You can see the program again any time by visiting our web site of 0 dot com. 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