Tag Archives: human rights

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Uganda Human Rights Commission-UHRC faces a backlog of 1400 cases due to limited funding. Mariam Wangadya, the Chairperson of the Uganda Human Rights Commission, disclosed the commission’s predicament on Wednesday, citing resource constraints that have stalled the resolution of over 1400 cases. These …

`The scale and rate at which the Ugandan government is increasing its power to collect and store information about its citizens is alarming’ Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Human Rights Watch, the American international human rights NGO, has added its voice to those calling on President Yoweri Museveni not to …

New focus is on the economy, instead of civil and political rights Kampala, Uganda | DICTA ASIIMWE | For years, Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) has produced annual reports with various variations of this excerpt from its 2020 report: “The government was reluctant to investigate, prosecute, or punish officials who committed …

Justice Minister Mao leads outcry at Human Rights Convention COVER STORY | IAN KATUSIIME | A legislator lying frail on a hospital bed after a long detention. UP to 32 political prisoners charged in the General Court Martial. Thousands unaccounted for after abductions. A tough law against homosexuality. An American couple …

UHRC shouldn’t be lamenting like the rest of us about human rights violators when it can bring them to order COMMENT | PETER NYANZI | I read Uganda Human Rights Commission Boss Mariam Wangadya’s article titled, ‘Let’s depoliticise human rights’ (New Vision, October 26), with mixed feelings. Of course given that …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Justice and Constitutional Affairs Minister Norbert Mao has urged opposition figures and human rights activists to refrain from using political rhetoric when advocating for human rights. He accused some activists and politicians of employing derogatory language when referring to government leaders, institutions, and President …

New Human Rights Watch report documents outcry from Ugandan ‘environmental defenders’ Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Environmental defenders and anti-fossil fuel activists in Uganda continue to face arbitrary arrests, harassment, and threats for raising concerns over a planned oil pipeline popularly known as EACOP, according to a new report published …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Human Rights lawyers have proposed a number of reforms for Uganda to realize a significant decrease in pro-longed pre-trial detentions and remands so as to decongest the prisons. Uganda’s laws provide for a maximum of 48 hrs under which the police can detain a …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Leader of the Opposition Matthias Mpuuga has asked the Parliament of Uganda to find a durable remedy to the problem of missinger persons by debating and exposing the rampant systematic human rights violations. He challenged government to account for the persons who went missing …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has officially closed the agency’s offices in Uganda and concluded all operations following the government’s decision not to extend their mandate. On Saturday, August 5, 2023, the office in Kampala officially ceased its operations, as stated …