Benon Kabale receives 5th Marca Bristo Fellowship at Human Rights Watch New York, US | THE INDEPENDENT | Benon Kabale, a Ugandan disability rights advocate, is the 2024 recipient of the Human Rights Watch Marca Bristo Fellowship for Courageous Leadership in Disability Rights, Human Rights Watch announced Tuesday on the International Day …
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Studies have highlighted the prevalence of workplace violence in Uganda, with a 2021 survey showing 86% of working women experience violence at work Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | President Yoweri Museveni should sign into law the recently amended employment bill that was passed in May this year to protect employees particularly …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Human Rights Watch has condemned the suspension of 54 Non- Governmental Organisations (NGOs). Last week, the National Bureau for Non-Governmental Organizations – NGO Bureau, suspended the NGOs for operating with expired permits, failing to file annual returns and audited books of accounts and operating without …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The unprecedented economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, together with school closures and inadequate government assistance, is pushing children into exploitative and dangerous child labor, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today in advance of the World Day against Child Labor on June 12, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Human Rights Watch has called for investigations into the shooting and killing of Ugandans following the protests arising from the arrest of presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu. The organization which defends the rights of people worldwide through spotlighting abuses and bringing perpetrators to justice says …
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