{"id":213627,"date":"2025-01-26T09:04:09","date_gmt":"2025-01-26T09:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/growing-crackdown-on-dissent-raises-alarms-in-uganda-dw-news\/"},"modified":"2025-01-26T09:04:09","modified_gmt":"2025-01-26T09:04:09","slug":"growing-crackdown-on-dissent-raises-alarms-in-uganda-dw-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/growing-crackdown-on-dissent-raises-alarms-in-uganda-dw-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Growing crackdown on dissent raises alarms in Uganda | DW News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/dZ2wGRP29KA\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Growing crackdown on dissent raises alarms in Uganda | DW News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dZ2wGRP29KA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Fears are growing in Uganda of an escalating crackdown on dissent. In just the past few months, opposition leader Kizza Besigye has been charged with treason, his lawyer was imprisoned, and several activists have been arrested for criticizing the government online. 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