Uganda, April 15 -- "We won't beg [President Yoweri] Museveni for our freedom. It's okay if you want to kill us for trying to fight for our country. You arrested us for trying to protect Robert Kyagulanyi's votes [during presidential elections] now you expect us to beg you to return our freedom! What crime did we commit! We will not relent," one of the political prisoners shouted from a military van taking them back to prison where they have been on remand for over three years.

This was Monday after the General Court Martial at Makindye, Kampala again denied the 28 National Unity Platform (NUP) supporters bail on grounds the six soldiers on the court panel did not find merit in the bail application.

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