Ugandan Government Charges Celebrity Opposition Politician with Treason, Chicagoans organize Rohingya Genocide Remembrance Day, Milos Stehlik Interviews Bjorn Runge on his Film “The Wife”, Weekend Passport: Finding Global Blackness in Dance
By Worldview Staff
Ugandan pop star-turned-lawmaker Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, also known as Bobi Wine, center, arrives at a magistrate's court in Gulu, northern Uganda Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018. Bobi Wine, who opposes the longtime president Yoweri Museveni, was charged with treason in the civilian court in Gulu on Thursday, minutes after a military court dropped weapons charges. AP Photo
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Ugandan pop star-turned-lawmaker Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, also known as Bobi Wine, center, arrives at a magistrate's court in Gulu, northern Uganda Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018. Bobi Wine, who opposes the longtime president Yoweri Museveni, was charged with treason in the civilian court in Gulu on Thursday, minutes after a military court dropped weapons charges. AP Photo
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Ugandan Government Charges Celebrity Opposition Politician with Treason, Chicagoans organize Rohingya Genocide Remembrance Day, Milos Stehlik Interviews Bjorn Runge on his Film “The Wife”, Weekend Passport: Finding Global Blackness in Dance
By Worldview Staff
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On Today’s Show:
- Robert Kyagulanyi, better known as Bobi Wine, a pop star turned opposition politician, was charged with treason by a military court in Uganda on Thursday.
- It’s been one year since Burmese security forces displaced almost all members of the Rohingya ethnic group from Myanmar. On August 25th, people will have “Save Rohingya Day” rallies in four cities across the U.S. and Canada.
- Milos Stehlik chats with Swedish filmmaker, Bjorn Runge about his new film “The Wife”
- Chicago-based Dancemakers forum (CDF) brings SHareOUT to the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) t