AT LEAST 6 JOURNALISTS KILLED IN GAZA: ISRAELI STRIKE KILLS REUTERS VIDEOGRAPHER ISSAM ABDALLAH
The Reuters news agency has confirmed that its videographer Issam Abdallah has died, and several others wounded in today’s shelling attack by Israeli forces...
SGBV: 16-YR-OLD JUVENILE ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY DEFILING A 5-YEAR-OLD CHILD
Police in Rubirizi district western Uganda have arrested a 16-year-old juvenile on allegations of defiling a five-year-old child.
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Martial Tumusiime, the Greater Bushenyi police spokesperson...
HON. CRISPIN KAHERU: WE NEED MORE HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS
The Honourable Member of the Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC), Hon. Crispin Kaheru has emphasized the need for more Human Rights Defenders due to...
IN-DEPTH: GENDER INEQUALITY AS KEY POPULATIONS SEEKING HIV CARE CHOKE ON UGANDA’S ANTI-HOMOSEXUALITY ACT 2023
On 26th May 2023, President Yoweri Museveni assented to Uganda’s new Anti-Homosexuality Act (AHA 2023), prompting some organizations and individuals to run to court...
UGANDA’S NEW ANTI-LGBTQIA+ ACT 2023: WORLD BANK SUSPENDS PUBLIC FINANCING TO UGANDA
The World Bank on Tuesday, August 8, 2023 released a statement on Uganda’s new war against sexual and gender minorities, following the passage of...
INSIDE UGANDA’S CASE BACKLOG AND CONGESTED PRISONS
Authorities at Bushenyi government prison (Nyamushekyera prison) have decried congestion at the facility which has increased health risks for prisoners especially women.
Located in Bushenyi...