Ugandan Court Orders Opposition Leader’s Freedom, Troops Still Block His Home

Ugandan Court Orders Opposition Leader’s Freedom, Troops Still Block His Home
Ugandan presidential candidate and singer Bobi Wine addresses a news conference at his house in Magere neighbourhood of Kampala, Uganda, on Jan. 15, 2021. Abubaker Lubowa/Reuters
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KAMPALA—A Ugandan court ordered security forces on Monday to free opposition leader and pop star Bobi Wine, whose house arrest since a presidential election has drawn international pressure on President Yoweri Museveni’s government.

Hours later, his large compound in a leafy northern suburb of the capital Kampala remained blockaded.