Tag Archives: rights

Kampala, Uganda | URN | A governance scholar and Catholic priest, Fr. Charles Oyo, has petitioned Parliament seeking the withdrawal or major amendment of the Protection of Sovereignty Bill, 2026, warning that the proposed law threatens constitutional rights, civic space, and Uganda’s governance framework. In the petition dated April 24, …

Gulu, Uganda | URN | Leaders from civil society organisations (CSOs), and political circles in the Acholi sub-region have criticized the Protection and Sovereignty Bill, 2026, warning that it could undermine economic recovery in the sub-region. The leaders voiced their concerns on Tuesday during a stakeholders’ engagement held in Gulu City …

Why human rights activism who never evade or resist arrest entrench the state’s systems of oppression COMMENT | NNANDA KIZITO SSERUWAGI | Uganda’s human rights movement risks inadvertently reinforcing and entrenching the very systems of oppression it seeks to challenge, particularly by seeking justice from the State and its legal mechanisms. …

New York, US | THE INDEPENDENT | In a resolute statement delivered at the launch event for phase III of the UNFPA-UNICEF Global Program to end Child Marriage, held during the 68th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women in New York, USA, First Lady and Minister of Education …

How Western threats of sanctions are bad for the struggle for the rights of homosexuals in Uganda THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | Last month, Uganda passed the most draconian and barbaric anti-homosexual law in the world. The law has a death sentence for some acts of homosexuality but does not …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In recent years several African countries have decriminalised same-sex relationships. But they’re not representative of the continent. In fact, the rights of people who do not conform to cultural norms around gender and/or sexuality at times appear to be eroding in much of the continent, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of Members of Parliament called for the protection of the rights of journalists as the country joined the rest of the world to commemorate World Press Freedom Day on Wednesday. The MPs included the vice chairperson of Uganda Parliamentary Forum on Media Martin …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Over 50 employees from the Multiplex Limited Parking last week  petitioned Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago seeking for his intervention in their claim of unfair treatment and abuse of their rights. The petition which was handed over to the Lukwago at City Hall raised several …

Ugandan activist freed as court quashes charge of ‘harassing’ president Kampala, Uganda | AFP |  Ugandan activist and writer Stella Nyanzi walked free from court amid chaotic scenes Thursday after a judge overturned her conviction for “cyber-harassment” of President Yoweri Museveni. Stella Nyanzi, a university researcher and rights activist known …

Banjul, Gambia | AFP |  Thousands of supporters of Gambia’s former dictator Yahya Jammeh demonstrated Thursday on the outskirts of the capital Banjul, demanding his return from exile. The protest came days after the former autocrat was heard in a leaked audio recording insisting that the tiny West African state …