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ANOTHER WAVE OF STATE-SPONSORED ABDUCTIONS? How Activist Ninye Tabz was abducted 

The opposition National Unity Platform (NUP) has raised alarm over the reported activist Andrew Natumanya, popularly known online as ‘Ninye Tabz.’ NUP Secretary General David Lewis Rubongoya said Natumanya was...

Blue Community Network officially Welcomes Rise Communities Africa-RISECOM

The Blue Community Network has officially designated and welcomed another partner in Africa, Rise Communities Africa-RISECOM from Uganda. RISECOM...

Is Africa’s climate crisis a legal crisis too?

Is Africa's climate crisis a legal crisis too? States' duties under human rights law. A landmark climate case is being heard...

Human Rights Foundation Calls Out Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport Immigration Officers for Harassing Ugandan Activist Agather Atuhaire

The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) has  called out Dutch immigration officers at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport for what it...

D/Speaker Thomas Tayebwa Implicated: Who is Fighting Victoria University VC Dr. Lawrence Muganga 

What began as a routine ministerial vetting quickly turned into one of the most dramatic sessions before Parliament’s...

LGBTQIA+ Rights in Africa: Will Kenya be the latest to pass Anti-homosexuality Law?

CREDIT - Catherine Byaruhanga,BBC News, Nairobi. In the latest sign of rising homophobia in different African countries, a Kenyan opposition MP...

FRANCE PROTESTS: Thousands defy bans to rally against police brutality

ADDITIONAL REPORTING – AL JAZEERA. Thousands of French protesters have defied a ban to march in central Paris against police brutality, a week...

LGBTQIA+ CLAIMS: RWENZORI WEST & FORT PORTAL EAST POLICE HUNTING FOR A 37-YEAR-OLD PATRON

The Territorial Police in Rwenzori West and Fort Portal East division is actively hunting for Ssali Joash,37,a patron to a P.3 pupil aged 9...

WESTERN UGANDA: THE STORY OF A RETIRED CATECHIST, ALLEGED AGGRAVATED HOMOSEXUALITY & TRAFFICKING SAGA  

David Kagabwa, a retired catechist hailing from Kigunda cell Kati parish Kanyabwanga sub-county in Mitooma district western Uganda and his accomplice Kenneth Atuhikire are...

GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE: KASESE’S DETERIORATING SITUATION

Leaders and other stakeholders in Kasese district western Uganda have expressed concern over the deteriorating situation as gender-based violence (GBV) cases escalate in the...

HRAPF,MP Fox Odoi,Journalist Andrew Mwenda and 8 others petition constitutional court over Anti-homosexuality law 2023

The Human Rights Awareness and Promotion Forum-HRAPF organization and 10 people have petitioned the Constitutional Court challenging the Anti-homosexuality law 2023 signed by President...