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Justice Mugambe receives Vera Chirwa award

Our ReporterDecember 12, 2019December 12, 2019

Ugandan lawyer and judge at the High Court, Lydia Mugambe, was Tuesday given the Vera Chirwa Award at the University of Pretoria’s Centre for Human Rights Graduation Ceremony on International...

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Opposition says Med Kaggwa frustrated by regime

Our ReporterNovember 20, 2019November 21, 2019

The Peoples Government – PG has accused President Museveni’s government of frustrating the deceased Chairperson of the Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC). “It is with deep sorrow that we have...

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Kadaga rallies world MPs to safeguard human rights

Our ReporterOctober 15, 2019October 15, 2019

There is a growing need to have Parliaments across the world share in the responsibility of protecting the rule of law and human rights, alongside institutions such as courts of...

World News

MIGRANTS: Hundreds stranded on Mediterranean rescue boats

Our ReporterAugust 13, 2019August 13, 2019

In this file photo from 2018, the Proactiva Open Arms rescue boat is seen docked at the Center for Temporary Assistance to Foreigners (CATE) in the port of Algeciras, in...

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Ochola warns brutal cops, to abolish torture

Our ReporterMay 31, 2019May 31, 2019

The Inspector General of Police J.M Okoth Ochola Thursday opened a joint two-day high level retreat for Uganda Human Rights Commission and Uganda Police Force top leadership at Munyonyo Speke...

Crime

Ochola tells cops: stop bullying, harassing citizens

Our ReporterFebruary 14, 2019

Uganda Police in partnership with the Uganda Human Rights Network Uganda (URINET-U) Wednesday launched UPF Human Rights Policy at the Police Senior Command and Staff College Bwebajja. The policy was...

Tanzania

US raises concerns of civil liberties in Tanzania

Our ReporterNovember 10, 2018

Deterioration of Civil Liberties and Human Rights in Tanzania Press Statement Heather Nauert Department Spokesperson Washington, DC November 9, 2018 The United States government is deeply concerned over escalating attacks...

Technology

China is exporting its digital surveillance methods to African governments

Our ReporterNovember 5, 2018

By Abdi Latif Dahir, QUARTZ AFRICA China has consistently been ranked by digital advocates as the world’s worst abuser of internet freedom. The country, however, isn’t just tightening online controls at home but is...

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‘Very Serious’ Ebola Situation in Eastern DRC – WHO

Our ReporterOctober 24, 2018

FILE - A Congolese health worker administers Ebola vaccine to a boy who had contact with an Ebola sufferer in the village of Mangina in North Kivu province of the...

Politics

Aol calls for strict laws for human rights offenders

Our ReporterAugust 31, 2018

The Leader of the Opposition in Parliament Hon. Betty Aol Ocan has called for stringent laws to hold human rights offenders personally culpable for the violations. Aol noted that there...