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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...

MBARARA CITY,WESTERN UGANDA: LGBTQIA+ community worried as local leaders gang up against them

By Aarron Ainomugisha. Members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer/questioning, asexual-LGBTQIA+ community in Mbarara city and other parts of western Uganda have...

PRESIDENT MUSEVENI WARNED: WHITE HOUSE, EU, AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL & UN CONDEMN UGANDA’S NEW ANTI-HOMOSEXUALITY BILL

The White House and the European Union (EU) have joined the United Nations (UN), Amnesty International and other human rights groups in condemning Uganda’s...

WESTERN UGANDA: SUSPECTED LGBTQIA+ MEMBERS FIRED FROM WORK

By Aaron Ainomugisha. Two men suspected to be members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer/questioning, asexual-LGBTQIA+ community have been fired from work...

LABOUR EXTERNALISATION GAPS: WHY IS THE UGANDAN GOVERNMENT CONCEALING THE BILATERAL AGREEMENT WITH SAUDI ARABIA?

Article by Mr. Kayonde Abdallah, President – MIGRANT WORKERS’ VOICE ORGANIZATION akayonde@gmail.com . In December 2022, the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development...

SEXUAL MINORITIES: MBARARA BUSINESSMAN ARRESTED FOR SEXUALLY ASSAULTING TWO BOYS

POLICE STATEMENT ON HAVING CARNAL KNOWLEDGE OF A PERSON AGAINST THE ORDER OF NATURE. Police at Mbarara Central Police Station is holding Saturday Micheal,34,...

SGBV: HOW A 17-YEAR-OLD S.4 VACIST SURVIVED FORCED MARRIAGE

The Directorate of Criminal Investigations Department (CID) Kibuli Kampala in coordination with Greater Kiruhura police have arrested 5 people for conniving to kidnap, traffic...