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  • Published on Nov 20, 2019

    Uganda: 67 people charged after raid on gay bar

    Footage of the police raid shows terrified patrons covering their faces. Photo:: CanaryMugume/Twitter. KAMPALA: 67 people are facing charges in Uganda after police raided a gay bar which is considered to be one of the last safe spaces for the Ugandan …

    Source: Sydney Star Observer
  • Published on Nov 4, 2019

    Ugandan Police Teargas Journalists As Reporters Protest Brutality

    KAMPALA - Police in Uganda's capital fired tear gas at a group of journalists Monday — ironically, as the reporters protested alleged brutality by police. A group of about 50 journalists had gathered at Kampala's city center to march to police …

    Source: VOA
  • Published on Oct 29, 2019

    Ugandan LGBTIQ activists arrested, subjected to anal examinations

    An AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT-UP) protest against Uganda's "Kill The Gays Bill" in New York City. Photo: riekhavoc/Wikimedia Commons. Ugandan authorities have arrested sixteen LGBTIQ activists on suspicion of gay sex and …

    Source: Sydney Star Observer
  • Published on Oct 18, 2019

    Gay man murdered as Uganda denies reintroducing “Kill the Gays” bill

    Relatives of murdered gay man Brian Wasswa carry his coffin during his funeral. Photo: Human Rights Awareness and Promotion Forum (HRAPF). A Ugandan LGBTQI activist has been brutally murdered as the African nation appears to backpedal on its reintroduction …

    Source: Sydney Star Observer
  • Published on Oct 15, 2019

    Uganda: Brutal Killing of Gay Activist

    Relatives of Brian Wasswa carry his coffin during his funeral on October 6, 2019.  © HRAPF 2019 (Kampala) – Ugandan authorities should thoroughly investigate the fatal attack on October 4, 2019 on an activist for the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and …

    Source: Human Rights Watch
  • Published on Dec 11, 2019

    Oulanyah rejects Select Committee on Labour Monitoring Fund

    FILE PHOTO: Deputy speaker Oulanyah Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | The Committee on Gender has been given 7 days ultimatum to scrutinize the mismanagement of the external recruitment agencies monitoring fund. Parliament on Tuesday debated a motion by …

    Source: Independent
  • Published on Dec 21, 2019

    Champion goes, legacy lives on

    Darkness engulfed Sufia Begum when she lost her husband in an instant to electrocution in 2005: a housewife by profession, she was all on a sudden left with no money and three daughters to look after. Desperate, Sufia, then 26, found a job as a maid in her …

    Source: Daily Star
  • Published on Aug 9, 2019

    American With No Medical Training Ran Center For Malnourished Ugandan Kids. 105 Died

    Ten years ago, Renee Bach left her home in Virginia to set up a charity to help children in Uganda. One of her first moves was to start a blog chronicling her experiences. Among the most momentous: On a Sunday morning in October 2011, a couple from a …

    Source: KUFM
  • Published on Jul 16, 2019

    Uganda: UNHCR Monthly Protection Update - Urban Protection Response (May 2019)

    Key Figures 64,848 Total number of persons of concern to UNHCR registered in urban areas 46,111 registered refugees 18,737 registered asylum seekers ▪ OPM and UNHCR organized 02 workshops for Members of Parliament (MP) from the parliamentary forum on IDPs …

    Source: Relief Web
  • Published on Jul 13, 2019

    Who should pay for Ugandans shot dead at random?

    By STEPHEN KAFEERO & PHIONAH NASSANGAOn May 29, Francis Ananiya, a 28-year-old taxi driver, was in the right place at the wrong time. He had taken a break to have lunch on Kabumbi Road in Nansana, Wakiso District, when gunmen fleeing from a robbery …

    Source: Monitor
  • Published on Oct 14, 2019

    Doctors blocked from practicing over lack of certificates

    FILE PHOTO: Makerere University Vice-Chancellor Professor Barnabas Nawangwe Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Recent graduates from Makerere University have been blocked from registering and practicing as medical professionals by the Uganda Medical and …

    Source: Independent
  • Published on Nov 25, 2019

    20 Most Dangerous Places For Gay Travelers (And The 5 Safest)

    A new report details the most dangerous—and safest—places for gay travelers.GettyDepending on where they’re headed, gay travelers can face great risks. In April, the country of Brunei enacted an Islamic law making it legal to flog and stone LGBTQ people to …

    Source: Forbes
  • Published on Nov 22, 2019

    Kenyan Prisoners Study Law, Receive Degrees And Have Hope For Early Release

    (Trice Edney Wire/GIN) – Often, the only images of prisons in Africa that we know are the miserable places where faces press against barred windows, with inmates huddled together looking out desperately for someone to help. The African Prisons Project, …

    Source: The Seattle Medium
  • Published on Mar 13, 2019

    Q and A: Uganda's Norbert Mao - Skill

    Norbert Mao   Norbert Mao rose from shoe cobbler, bicycle repair boy, blacksmith to leading Ugandan politician. Heads opposition Democratic Party. Okumu Langol Livingstone caught up with Mao recently. He was abandoned as an 8-month-old baby at Makenge, …

    Source: Black Star News
  • Published on Jun 30, 2018

    Pass free legal aid law quickly - judge

    KAMPALA. A Court of Appeal judge has asked government to quicken the passing of a law to provide citizens with free legal aid services. Justice Remmy Kasule on Thursday told a stakeholders meeting on strategies for fast-tracking the passing of the Legal …

    Source: Monitor
  • Published on Mar 7, 2019

    Regional governments battling refugee problem should learn from Uganda - Otafiire

    By MISAIRI THEMBO KAHUNGUKAMPALA. The Minister for Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Maj Gen (Rtd) Kahinda Otafiire has urged governments in the Great Lakes region to borrow a leaf from Uganda on political tolerance so as to bring an end to conflicts …

    Source: Monitor
  • Published on Sep 18, 2019

    Mak staff tribunal asks lecturers Mushomi, Kabagenyi to reconcile

    FILE PHOTO: Makerere University Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The chairperson of the Makerere Staff Appeals tribunal Justice John Patrick Tabaro has advised two lecturers in the school of statistics and planning to reconcile their differences. The …

    Source: Independent
  • Published on Nov 10, 2019

    7 months later, human rights law not in force

    By Stephen KafeeroMore than seven months since President Museveni assented to the much-lauded Human Rights Enforcement Act, 2019, the law is yet to be gazetted despite reminders and appeals to government officials charged with the responsibility. The …

    Source: Monitor
  • Published on Nov 8, 2019

    Prisons law school that renews inmates’ hope

    Kamiti Maximum Prison in-mates and ex-convicts celebrate after they received their Law degree from the University of London on October 31. [Jenipher Wachie, Standard] Four years ago, on a day that has remained the darkest in Herine Akinyi’s life, her son …

    Source: Standard Digital News
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