Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda is unable to enforce the death penalty in compliance with international standards which seek to protect the respect and dignity of accused persons. This assessment was pronounced by Doreen Namyalo, the Sub-Saharan Africa Director of Penal Reforms International, a non-governmental organisation working globally to …
Read More »Tayebwa summons Premier, Ministers over human rights violations
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Speaker, Thomas Tayebwa, has summoned the Prime Minister and party leaders in the House to discuss and try to resolve the unending allegations of human rights violations in the country. The meeting scheduled for Friday, will also involve the Ministers for Security and Internal …
Read More »Gov’t yet to submit regular human rights reports
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government is yet to submit periodic regional and international human rights reports to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights-OHCHR. The OHCHR country representative Richard Kotchani noted that since 2016 when the Human Rights Recommendations Database was launched, various gaps …
Read More »Parliament calls for Kasese reconciliation
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | An inquiry into human rights violations in Kasese district has exposed violation of fundamental rights of the people in the district, since the raid on the Obusinga bwa Rwenzururu kingdom in 2016. A report by Parliament’s Committee on Human Rights in Uganda revealed that a …
Read More »Minister directed on body organ theft, labour export firms
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Member of Parliament for Kilak North County, Anthony Akol, has asked Parliament to direct the Minister for Internal Affairs to clarify on the regulations in place pertaining to labour export. According to Akol, the minister, while addressing the media recently, said every labour export company …
Read More »‘Prioritize implementation of existing laws on computer misuse’
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A call to review, strengthen and implement existing laws so as to maintain the rule of law has been made by members of the civil society noting that this will limit duplication of laws. According to Michael Aboneka, an advocate with Thomas and Michael Advocates, the …
Read More »UPDF to deploy divisional human rights focal persons
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Col. Deo Karikona, the Director of Human Rights in the Uganda Peoples Defense Forces-UPDF has unveiled plans by the army to deploy divisional human rights focal persons across the country. According to Col. Deo Karikona, the human rights focal persons will be mandated with ensuring that …
Read More »Civil society actors worried as DGF project nears end
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Civil society actors are operating in uncertainty of their future as the deadline for the Democratic Governance Facility-DGF to wind down its operations in Uganda draws closer. The facility, a pool of funds from different international donors is the major funder of over 60 Non-Governmental Organisations-NGOs, …
Read More »Mao to push for Cabinet Standing Committee on Human Rights
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The new Minister for Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Norbert Mao has called for the establishment of a Cabinet Standing Committee on Human rights. According to Mao, this will help in the fight against cases of human rights violations in the country which have increased. Mao said …
Read More »Jinja protests: NUP leaders accuse police of human rights violations
Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Unity Platform-NUP leaders from Busoga sub region on Thursday accused security operatives of brutality, while effecting arrests of protest suspects. Following the remand of 67 suspects on Tuesday evening, police rounded up the trading centers of Namulesa, Mafubira, Nakabango, Lwanda, Wakitaka, Soweto, …
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