Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye is in intensive care in hospital, his wife and medical sources said on Thursday, as the UN blasted a wider crackdown on dissent. Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementHis wife Winnie Byanyima, the executive director of UNAIDS, wrote on X: "He has been admitted to the ICU at Mulago Hospital (in Kampala). Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementBesigye, a former personal physician to Museveni, has been in the government's crosshairs since he joined the opposition more than 25 years ago. - UN 'appalled' -Uganda has imposed a widening crackdown on opposition figures, lawyers and independent media in recent months. Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementHis wife has repeatedly criticised his detention conditions, describing them as inhumane and alleging a plot to kill him.