Justine Nankya spent two years in solitary confinement at Luzira Women’s Prison in Uganda. Being sentenced to death, she never expected freedom. But after twenty years behind bars she was finally rele...
Human rights defenders who work to promote and protect human rights in their communities across the world are often threatened and attacked to stay silent. Ugandan LGBTI activist Frank Mugisha has exp...
Civil Rights Defenders has together with Unwanted Witness Uganda recently launched the first phase of a series of trainings focusing on strengthening digital security for human rights defenders at ris...
The trainings are part of a greater initiative by Civil Rights Defenders and our partners in Uganda, and aims to strengthen the respect for freedom of expression and decentralise digital security in a...
When Benon Kabale was admitted to the psychiatric hospital Butabika in Uganda he did not expect to be locked up in an isolation room. At the national referral, Kabale says he was stripped naked of his...
By the end of June, a human rights defender was shot dead in Uganda. The National Coalition of Human Rights Defenders Uganda, one of Civil Rights Defenders key partners in the country, has issued a st...
During the last decade, several laws that impinge on Internet freedom have been adopted in Uganda. While some of these laws are pure cyber laws that exclusively deal with the digital environment, othe...
In a new report, Civil Rights Defenders and the Ugandan NGO Unwanted Witness provide a joint analysis on cyber laws in Uganda and their failure to protect online freedoms and the right to privacy. The...
February 18th brought long delays as frustrated voters queued for hours to cast their votes during the Ugandan Presidential elections. The results proved no surprise as the incumbent President, Yoweri...
Uganda will hold its fifth presidential and parliamentary elections on 18 February, 2016. Around half of Uganda’s population, 15 million in total are registered to cast their votes, according to the E...
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