Bobi Wine’s foreign lawyer, Robert Amsterdam, has raised fresh alarm over the safety of the opposition leader and his family, accusing the Ugandan state of retaliation following the disputed election and warning that international legal consequences will follow if any harm occurs.
In an open letter addressed to President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni and dated January 26, 2026, Amsterdam says Bobi Wine faces an immediate threat to his life and physical integrity, arguing that the heavy security presence around his family home amounts to intimidation rather than protection.
“The military forces deployed around Bobi Wine’s family home cannot credibly be described as protection,” Amsterdam writes. “It is coercion. It is intimidation. It is political punishment.”
According to Amsterdam, Bobi Wine is currently on the run and in hiding, claiming he is being hunted by security forces because of his political stance and his insistence that he won the election. He says this situation places not only the opposition leader but also his wife and family in danger.
Amsterdam dismisses the legitimacy of the election outcome and says disputes in a democratic system should be resolved through legal and transparent processes, not through force. “In a functioning democracy, electoral disputes are addressed through lawful remedies, transparency, and due process—not through intimidation,” he states.
The lawyer also references public statements attributed to senior military leadership, describing them as threats that violate fundamental legal norms and calling for accountability at the highest levels of command.
In the letter, Amsterdam demands written guarantees for the safety of Bobi Wine and his family, the immediate withdrawal of all security forces from their residence, assurances against retaliation, and the preservation of all evidence related to the operations surrounding the family home.
“These demands are not negotiable, because they are not political,” he writes. “They are matters of survival.”
He warns that any harm to Bobi Wine or his family would trigger legal action internationally and that responsibility would extend beyond those on the ground. “Responsibility does not disappear within the chain of command; it rises through it.”
Amsterdam says international authorities, including those in the United States, the United Kingdom and Germany, have been informed of the situation as pressure mounts on the Ugandan government to de-escalate and provide guarantees for the opposition leader’s safety.
