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Uganda: Charge or Release Detained Journalist

2011-07-23
On: July 23, 2011
In: Africa, Augustine Okello, Press Freedom, Press release, Uganda

The Ugandan government should immediately release or bring to court Augustine Okello, a journalist from Lira-based Radio Rhino, who was forcibly disappeared on July 12, 2011.

(Kampala) – The U…Continue Reading

Update on the trial of Thomas Kwoyelo, former LRA combatant

2011-07-12
On: July 12, 2011
In: Africa, International Justice, Peace and Justice, Press release, Uganda

Human Rights Watch attended the opening of the trial of Thomas Kwoyelo, a former combatant of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), in Gulu, northern Uganda, on July 11, 2011, before the International Crimes Divisio…Continue Reading

US/Uganda: 2011 Candidates for Homophobia “Hall of Shame”

2011-05-16
On: May 16, 2011
In: Africa, LGBT Rights, Press release, Uganda, United States

A member of the Ugandan parliament and an American pastor are  top 2011 candidates for the Homophobia Hall of Fame, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch made the announcement in advance of the Intern…Continue Reading

Uganda: Parliament Committee Backs Anti-Homosexuality Bill

2011-05-12
On: May 12, 2011
In: Africa, LGBT Rights, Press release, Uganda

The Ugandan parliament’s Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee has regrettably recommended passage of the proposed Anti-Homosexuality Bill, including retaining the death penalty for “aggravated homosexuali…Continue Reading

Uganda: Reject Anti-Homosexuality Bill

2011-05-10
On: May 10, 2011
In: Africa, LGBT Rights, Press release, Uganda

The Ugandan parliament should reject the Anti-Homosexuality Bill that has been the subject of public hearings in recent days before the Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee. The Parliamentary Order Paper of 1…Continue Reading

Uganda: Kenyan Rights Defender to Be Tried for Kampala Bombings

2010-12-01
On: December 1, 2010
In: Africa, Kenya, Press release, Terrorism, Uganda

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Prominent Kenyan human rights activist Al-Amin Kimathi is among 17 defendants whose cases were sent to the Ugandan High Court on November 30, 2010, for trial for the July bombings in Kam…Continue Reading

Uganda: Bombing was Abhorrent Expansion of Attacks on Civilians

2010-07-16
On: July 16, 2010
In: Africa, Al-Shabaab, Counterterrorism, International Humanitarian Law, Press release, Somalia, Terrorism, Uganda, Uganda bombings, War Crimes/Crimes Against Humanity

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The bomb blasts that killed at least 76 people in Kampala on July 11, 2010, were a heinous attack on civilians and an assault on the basic tenet of the right to life.

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