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| Uganda's Bobi Wine: 'Tortured' pop star MP returns home | Uganda's Bobi Wine: 'Tortured' pop star MP returns home |
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| Ugandan pop star-turned-MP Bobi Wine has returned home after receiving medical treatment in the US for injuries he says he suffered in custody. | Ugandan pop star-turned-MP Bobi Wine has returned home after receiving medical treatment in the US for injuries he says he suffered in custody. |
| "It's great to finally be home," he told supporters outside his house. | "It's great to finally be home," he told supporters outside his house. |
| Police escorted him there from the airport - a move which he said was against his wishes. | Police escorted him there from the airport - a move which he said was against his wishes. |
| The BBC's Fergal Keane accompanied him into his home, where the MP said he had "come back to fight". | The BBC's Fergal Keane accompanied him into his home, where the MP said he had "come back to fight". |
| Bobi Wine, 36, whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi, was charged with treason alongside 32 other politicians following campaign violence during a by-election in August. | Bobi Wine, 36, whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi, was charged with treason alongside 32 other politicians following campaign violence during a by-election in August. |
| His treatment by Ugandan authorities has been condemned by the EU, UK and US - earlier this week a group of US Senators warned that democracy in Uganda was "backsliding". | His treatment by Ugandan authorities has been condemned by the EU, UK and US - earlier this week a group of US Senators warned that democracy in Uganda was "backsliding". |
| Some of music's biggest names, including Angelique Kidjo, Chris Martin and Damon Albarn, signed a petition for the MP's release when he was in detention last month. | Some of music's biggest names, including Angelique Kidjo, Chris Martin and Damon Albarn, signed a petition for the MP's release when he was in detention last month. |
| Some see Bobi Wine's popularity as sign of a generational rift between Uganda's young population and President Yoweri Museveni, who has been in power since 1986. | Some see Bobi Wine's popularity as sign of a generational rift between Uganda's young population and President Yoweri Museveni, who has been in power since 1986. |
| 'Ambitions for a people-power revolution' | 'Ambitions for a people-power revolution' |
| Analysis by Fergal Keane, BBC Africa editor, Kampala | Analysis by Fergal Keane, BBC Africa editor, Kampala |
| Bobbi Wine is a significant figure not only in the emerging politics of Uganda but in the story of a changing Africa. | Bobbi Wine is a significant figure not only in the emerging politics of Uganda but in the story of a changing Africa. |
| He represents a youth voice that is social media-literate, hungry for economic development, and angry with the corruption and cronyism that has blighted the lives of generations. | He represents a youth voice that is social media-literate, hungry for economic development, and angry with the corruption and cronyism that has blighted the lives of generations. |
| Three-quarters of Uganda's population is under the age of 35 and Bobi Wine told the BBC he has come home to lead a people-power revolution. | Three-quarters of Uganda's population is under the age of 35 and Bobi Wine told the BBC he has come home to lead a people-power revolution. |
| The very fact that President Museveni has allowed Bobi Wine to return to his home represents a victory for the musician-turned-politician - and is possibly the consequence of international pressure. | The very fact that President Museveni has allowed Bobi Wine to return to his home represents a victory for the musician-turned-politician - and is possibly the consequence of international pressure. |
| But for all his undoubted support among the young, he still lacks a wider political organisation to challenge for the presidency, and 74-year-old Yoweri Museveni may have simply paused in his familiar tactics of repression. | But for all his undoubted support among the young, he still lacks a wider political organisation to challenge for the presidency, and 74-year-old Yoweri Museveni may have simply paused in his familiar tactics of repression. |
| Police earlier arrested several people who had been trying to reach Entebbe Airport to welcome the politician back. | Police earlier arrested several people who had been trying to reach Entebbe Airport to welcome the politician back. |
| The police later issued a statement thanking Bobi Wine for co-operating with officers who escorted him home from the airport. | The police later issued a statement thanking Bobi Wine for co-operating with officers who escorted him home from the airport. |
| The MP and other politicians were charged in August after stones were allegedly thrown at President Yoweri Museveni's convoy. They deny the charges. | The MP and other politicians were charged in August after stones were allegedly thrown at President Yoweri Museveni's convoy. They deny the charges. |
| Uganda's army has rejected allegations that the MP was tortured while in their custody. | Uganda's army has rejected allegations that the MP was tortured while in their custody. |
| The 36-year-old MP stood and won as an independent candidate in a by-election last year in Kyadondo East, central Uganda. | The 36-year-old MP stood and won as an independent candidate in a by-election last year in Kyadondo East, central Uganda. |
| The self-declared "ghetto president" told the BBC after his win that he represented a new generation: "I am going to stand up for issues. I'm here to give young people confidence," he said. | The self-declared "ghetto president" told the BBC after his win that he represented a new generation: "I am going to stand up for issues. I'm here to give young people confidence," he said. |