Minority groups in the country have petitioned the high court challenging the Uganda registration service bureau for failure to register them as a company limited by guarantee. The executive director Sexual Minorities Uganda, Frank Mugisha states that the URSB gave them reasons that they could not have them registered since they are not legally recognized by […]
The government has been challenged not to bend the laws to settle political disputes. This challenge has been made by Uganda Law Society following recent developments in the country. The society’s president Francis Gimara addressing journalists at their headquarters said there is uncalled for pressure on courts of law to settle political disputes. He says many of these […]
If Uganda’s politics were a matter of first declare first serve, Col. Dr. Kizza Besigye would be the official President of the Republic of Uganda today. The erstwhile opposition leader on Wednesday May 11 2016 was sworn in at a brief ceremony in Kampala and took oath of President of Uganda despite prolonged battles with […]
The Foreign Correspondents’ Association of Uganda (FCAU) will tomorrow, May 3rd, celebrate World Press Freedom Day (WPFD), an occasion that reminds us of the importance of free media and of access to information for all people. FCAU stands in solidarity with journalists and media organizations in Uganda and elsewhere. FCAU is a professional association for journalists in Uganda […]
A report released by European Union Observation Mission (EU EOM) indicates that the Electoral Commission lacked independence and transparency during the just colluded general elections 2016. They note that elections were full of violation of human rights and freedoms by the security personnel especially police which used excessive power which created fear for the electorates hence […]
KENYA: The National Coalition of Human Rights Defenders – Kenya (NCHRD-K) and DefendDefenders (East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project) are outraged by the killing of human rights defender John Waweru on Monday 11 April 2016 in Zimmerman, Nairobi. John Waweru was the director of Githunguri Constituency Ranching Company and an avid and […]
Members of parliament on the legal and parliamentary Affairs committee have grilled the Uganda Human Rights commission officials over their slow intervention on the house arrest of the FDC leader Dr,Kiiza Besigye by security agents. This was raised by the member of parliament for Busiro south Joseph Balikudembe on the legal committee while the officials of […]
The minister of state for internal affairs Ambassador James Baba tells off the FDC presidential candidate Dr. Kizza Besigye to denounce defiance campaign in order to regain his freedom. James Baba told parliament chaired by speaker Rebecca Kadaga that police is empowered under the police Act to detect and prevent crime, adding that one doesn’t need […]
The Foreign Correspondents’ Association of Uganda (FCAU) is concerned over a recent series of abuses aimed at journalists covering Uganda’s 2016 general election. FCAU recognizes Uganda as a country with a vibrant media landscape and with room for expression of diverging opinions; we call upon the authorities to safeguard this status by respecting the freedom of journalists both […]
The journalists’ rights body Human Rights Network for Journalists Uganda (HRNJU) revealed that during the presidential and parliamentary campaign season and polling day, about 70 cases were recorded all having a bearing on the violation of the rights of journalists in the country, something the rights defenders says indicates signs of no respect to media […]