Category : Human Rights

By Khatondi Soita Wepukhulu At Mulago, Uganda’s biggest public hospital, a receptionist at an HIV clinic for marginalised and ‘most at risk’ populations, including LGBT

By Jacky Achan  Kanyere Mwenge is a Congolese refugee. She hails from Goma, in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. But she has called Uganda

Theophile Sugira * Refugees and asylum seekers like other law subjects are protected by laws and their rights in Uganda are ones of the constitutional

By Flavia Nassaka In recent months, cases of violations of human rights and freedoms have dominated the news in Uganda. From enforced disappearances and abductions

By Evelyn Lirri It was March 2020, upon arrival at Entebbe International Airport that Ugandan academic and editorial cartoonist at the Observer newspaper, Jimmy Spire

By Vivian Agaba In recent years and months, cases of journalists being harassed, intimidated, and attacked by the police and other security forces is now

By Evelyn Lirri Cartooning is a skilled art. Beyond the laughter that they enlist, cartoons also challenge the status quo and draw the publics’ attention

In many African countries, violence during the electoral cycle is a common occurrence, often triggered by factors such as political and economic grievances, ethnic tensions,

By Caroline Ariba Voice of Kigezi, a radio station based in the western Uganda district of Kabale is no stranger to threats. This ironically is a

The global COVID19 pandemic forced countries around the world into lockdown as part of measures to control the spread of the virus. In Uganda, while