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Martha Karua smiles as she poses for a portrait wearing a colorful outfit against a black background.

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Uganda: Authorities Must Investigate Unlawful Detention and Deportation of Kenyan Human Rights Lawyer

June 23, 2026

Police in riot gear stand in a row holding plastic shields. — (Badru Katumba/AFP via Getty Images)

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Uganda: Authorities Must Investigate Election-Related Killings, Arbitrary Arrests and Torture of Opposition Members, Supporters

April 30, 2026

An overhead view of a large compound surrounded by walls and fields, connected by a single road to a nearby town. — (Amnesty International)

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Cambodia: Growing Humanitarian Crisis as Escaped Scamming Compound Survivors Tell of Murder, Rape and Torture

January 27, 2026

A man wearing a face mask looks at a phone outside a — (Getty Images)

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Uganda: Authorities Must Urgently Lift Internet Restrictions Ahead of Crucial Election Day

January 14, 2026

A row of riot police shields with uniformed cops behind them in heavy protective gear. — (Badru Katumba/AFP via Getty Images)

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Uganda: Authorities Subjecting Opposition Supporters to Brutal Campaign of Repression Ahead of Elections

January 5, 2026

A woman in a black shirt, red wrap, and headscarf sits on a wooden stool in a dirt yard facing a small concrete house with clothes hanging on a line. There are green trees around, a bamboo fence, some plants poking up in a garden, and a pile of dirt and dry leaves in the yard. — (Amnesty International)

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DRC: Victims Still Waiting for Justice, Truth and Reparations 25 Years After Kisangani War

June 5, 2025

Soldiers wearing camoflauge and draped in belts of bullets sit in the back of a camo-painted picked holding AK rifles and handing rocket propelled grenades to each other. — (Albert Gonzalez Farran / Stringer)

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South Sudan: Renewal of UN Arms Embargo a Welcome Move to Protect Civilians

June 2, 2025

Agather Atuhaire, wearing a smile and a colorful printed shirt, poses for a portrait against a black background. Boniface Mwangi, also smiling, poses in a blue jacket and black shirt against a white background. — (private)

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Tanzania: Torture and Forcible Deportation of Kenyan and Ugandan Activists Must be Urgently Investigated

May 27, 2025

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Uganda: Authorities Must Respect Court Decision and Immediately Free Kizza Besigye and Others

February 13, 2025

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Uganda: Criminalization Shrinks Online Civic Space for LGBTQ People – Report.

October 23, 2024 | LGBTQ

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Uganda: Authorities Must Unconditionally Release Protestors Still Unlawfully Detained

July 25, 2024 | Uganda

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Fresh Evidence of Police Misuse of Tear Gas Leading to Protesters’ Deaths and Injuries – Updated Investigative Website

February 1, 2021 | #EndSars