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Uganda

January 4, 2021

UN experts gravely concerned by Ugandan election clampdown

UN experts call for an immediate end to judicial intimidation of human rights defenders, journalists, civil society leaders, peaceful protesters, political parties and those who express dissent.
October 24, 2020

Landslide victims take Ugandan Government to court

Victims of a landslide in the Bududa District of Uganda have filed a lawsuit against the country’s government, alleging a failure to uphold its human rights obligations to protect threatened communities.
July 3, 2020

Uganda provides a safe haven to DRC refugees amid COVID-19 lockdown

The Ugandan Government and local communities have shown great solidarity with people fleeing conflict, says the UNHCR representative in Uganda.
October 24, 2019

Oil company faces legal action on human rights and environmental violations in Uganda

Campaigners are taking Total to court in France for the social and environemntal impact of a project in Uganda.
June 13, 2019

Red Cross on high alert as Uganda confirms first Ebola case

The Uganda border is close to the epicentre of the DR Congo outbreak, which is now the second largest Ebola outbreak ever recorded.
December 11, 2018

New project to raise incomes of smallholder farmers in Uganda

Over 30,800 vulnerable rural households in Uganda will benefit from a US$210.4 million project that aims to sustainably increase rural livelihoods by supporting an efficient oil palm industry that complies with modern environmental and social standards.
September 16, 2018

Uganda launches new education plan for Africa’s biggest refugee crisis

The plan is to provide quality education for hundreds of thousands of refugee and host community children in Uganda.
September 10, 2018

World medical leaders express revulsion at torture reports from Uganda

Reports that detainees in Uganda are being tortured and denied access to specialised medical care have been denounced by the World Medical Association.
February 15, 2018

Ugandan journalist seized in Kampala following investigative report

The Committee to Protect Journalists has called on the Ugandan authorities to secure the safe release of Charles Etukuri, an investigative journalist for the state-owned New Vision newspaper.
February 13, 2018

Ugandan human rights group targeted in violent break-in

In Uganda, groups defending the rights of marginalised people are suffering a string of burglaries and attacks which the police have failed to investigate effectively.