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Commonwealth urges Uganda to release detained opposition politician

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Commonwealth says Kizza Besigye's detention undermined democracy and human rights.

President Yoweri Museveni dismisses concerns about his health, describing his hunger strike as blackmail aimed at generating sympathy to get bail.

The 68-year-old politician went on hunger strike last week and was briefly hospitalised over the weekend , an allied lawmaker said.

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