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| Bobi Wine flies out of Uganda to US for medical treatment |
| 2018-09-02 |
| [Al Jazeera] Robert Kyagulanyi, a Ugandan pop star-turned-opposition politician, has flown out to the United States for medical treatment following alleged torture in detention, a day after he was denied boarding, his lawyer said. Kyagulanyi, whose stage name is Bobi Wine, left Entebbe International Airport close to midnight on Friday, his lawyer in Uganda, Nicholas Opiyo, said on Twitter. Video posted by Opiyo showed the 36-year-old singer in his trademark red beret and carrying crutches as he was taken to the departure gate on a wheelchair, saluting and thanking supporters along the way. "I can now confirm that Hon Bobi Wine #FreeBobiWine is on a KLM flight out of Entebbe airport. I just saw him off," Opiyo wrote. "He was in the company of his wife Barbie and brother Daks Sentamu," Opiyo told the AFP news agency. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Just another day at Entebbe Airport... |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2018-09-02 09:15 |