Wine, whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi, was detained for allegedly staging an illegal protest in 2018
Ugandan musician turned politician, Robert Kyagulanyi a.k.a. Bobi Wine attends court via video link in Kampala on May 2, 2019. Picture: ISAAC KASAMANI / AFPDiplomats from the EU, US and another 14 countries raised alarm Friday about Uganda's clampdown on media freedom and protests after the arrest of popular rapper-turned-MP Bobi Wine.
The statement came after the Uganda Communications Commission called for 13 radio and TV stations to suspend their news editors, producers and heads of programming over their coverage of Wine's arrest on Monday. The popular singer is the figurehead of a new generation who grew up under President Yoweri Museveni but want to see change.
Ugandan authorities have frustrated Wine's efforts to hold concerts at his private club, and have detained him repeatedly for procedural misdemeanours.
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