Afriques en Lutte / Ouganda

Wakiso - Rebecca Nakame a reporter with the government owned Bukedde Television, was attacked by a mob on the orders of one Hakaya Luswa, a special police constable attached to Kajjansi police station. Her camera was damaged and confiscated. (...)

Nairobi - The Ugandan government’s declaration on April 4, 2012, that an activist group that has led protests against the government is an "unlawful society" is deeply troubling, Human Rights Watch said today. The action against Activists for (...)

Mulindwa Mukasa, a correspondent with local private television station Wavah Broadcasting Service (WBS) TV, was arrested at Nabweru Parents School, a private primary school, while following up a news story about the treatment of the pupils. (...)

Kampala, It is over 120 days since the Ugandan government voluntarily accepted and pledged to implement 170 recommendations in the area of human rights during the review at the Universal Periodic Review Mechanism (UPRM) in Geneva in October (...)

KAMPALA - L’épidémie de choléra qui a fait huit victimes sur les 280 cas recensés depuis le 14 février en Ouganda pourrait se propager, car les fortes précipitations prévues risquent de provoquer des inondations, a prévenu le ministre de la Santé. « (...)

Kampala - A Press Freedom Index Report released by the Human Rights Network for Journalists-Uganda (HRNJ-Uganda) has indicated that the space for the media in Uganda is rapidly "shrinking and sinking" due to increasing levels of attacks, (...)

A Ugandan minister illegally shut down a leadership training workshop organized by activists advocating for the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people, Human Rights Watch said today. The February 14, 2012 raid on a (...)

Kampala - Three journalists who were covering the arrest of opposition politicians at Katwe, Ssezibwa and Katonga roads in Kampala were assaulted by several individuals, among them law enforcement officers. Several other politicians were also (...)

Isaac Kasamani, a "Daily Monitor" photographer, narrowly escaped death when a police officer shot at him on 24 January 2012 at about 7:30 p.m. as he took a photo of a teargas canister thrown near Dr. Kizza Besigye’s car at the Gayaza road (...)

The Human Rights Network for Journalists-Uganda (HRNJ-Uganda) is dismayed by the conduct of the Deputy Regional Police Commander (D/RPC) for the Lango region in Northern Uganda, Alfred Tumure, who roughed up a journalist and slapped him before (...)