Ugandan writer charged over tweets critical of President Museveni

Kakwenza Rukirabashaija has been in detention since 28 December and his lawyer says he has been tortured

A prominent Ugandan writer and critic of the long-ruling leader Yoweri Museveni has been charged with communications offences related to tweets critical of the president and his son.

Kakwenza Rukirabashaija has been in detention by the military since 28 December, when armed men broke into his house and took him away. His lawyer has said he has been tortured and that at one time he was urinating blood. Police and military have not responded to the allegations.