By Gerald Businge on June 6, 2012
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Funding for Human Rights Activists/Writers under the Hellman/Hammett Grant The Hellman/Hammett Grant is for writers, but even human rights activists who have been writing on issues and face the threat of persecution can also apply. – The grants are made possible by the estate of the American playwright Lillian Hellman with funds set up in […]
By Gerald Businge on March 12, 2012
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Violet groups of Makerere University students on Monday staged a fight with the police and in the process four police men were injured and dozens of students arrested. The police had gone to Makerere University to curb the students strike at the university’s main campus. The students were protesting against a new internship policy. The […]