Browsing: Human Rights
KAMPALA, Uganda — Fauzati Mariam Wangadya has resigned as Chairperson of the Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC), ending a tenure that has recently been overshadowed by…
KAJIADO, Kenya — Police in Kitengela have arrested 29 youths, including activist and former abduction victim Aslam Longton, over allegations of incitement ahead of demonstrations…
KAMPALA, Uganda — Lumumba Amin, the son of former Ugandan President Field Marshal Idi Amin Dada, has urged the public to stop drawing parallels between…
KAMPALA, Uganda — Ugandan academic and political cartoonist Dr. Jimmy Spire Ssentongo has been named co-winner of the 2026 Kofi Annan Courage in Cartooning Award,…
KAMPALA, Uganda — Uganda’s High Court has awarded Shs172 million in damages to Leo Ntege after finding that he was subjected to torture and prolonged…
NAIROBI, Kenya — CNN International correspondent Larry Madowo has been named Human Rights Defender of the Year in Kenya, in recognition of his courageous reporting on…
KABUL, Afghanistan — Taliban authorities in Afghanistan have formally introduced a new decree allowing husbands to physically discipline their wives, provided they do not cause…
CHICAGO, Illinois — The United States has lost one of its most enduring civil rights voices. Reverend Jesse Jackson has died at the age of…
KAMPALA, Uganda — Uganda’s opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, popularly known as Bobi Wine, says that military forces have fully occupied his family home in…
NAIROBI, Kenya — A coalition of civil society organisations led by the Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC) has condemned Ugandan authorities for obstructing its partners…