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Uganda: Authorities Must Respect Court Decision and Immediately Free Kizza Besigye and Others
Ugandan authorities must immediately respect the Supreme Court order, uphold the rule of law and stop trying civilians in military…
February 13, 2025
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Uganda: Criminalization Shrinks Online Civic Space for LGBTQ People – Report.
Online attacks against Uganda’s LGBTQ communities have drastically increased, Amnesty International said in a new report today.
October 23, 2024
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Uganda: Authorities Must Unconditionally Release Protestors Still Unlawfully Detained
The heavy-handed tactics used by the Ugandan government to stifle and silence peaceful protestors show a manifest clampdown on dissent.
July 25, 2024
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Fresh Evidence of Police Misuse of Tear Gas Leading to Protesters’ Deaths and Injuries – Updated Investigative Website
Amnesty International today published new evidence of the misuse of tear gas by security forces in several countries in the…
February 1, 2021
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Authorities Must Lift Social Media Block Amid Crackdown Ahead of Election in Uganda
Responding to the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) shutting down access to social media services in the run up to the…
January 13, 2021
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Climate activists Greta Thunberg and the Fridays for Future movement honored with top Amnesty International award
Climate change activist Greta Thunberg and the Fridays for Future movement of school-children have been honored with Amnesty International’s Ambassador…
June 7, 2019
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Israel: African asylum-seeker deportations and “voluntary” transfers are forced and illegal
The Israeli government’s transfers of Eritrean and Sudanese asylum-seekers is cruel and illegal, Amnesty International said today, as it released a…
June 17, 2018
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Israel: Deportation of African asylum-seekers is a cruel and misguided abandonment of responsibility
Israel’s policy of deporting African asylum-seekers to two unnamed African countries is an abdication of its responsibility to refugees and…
March 26, 2018
Report
Conform or flee: Repression and insecurity pushing Burundians into exile
Thousands of Burundian refugees are under mounting pressure to return to their country where they would be at risk of…
September 28, 2017
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Uganda: Denounce unlawful killings and ensure accountability in aftermath of deadly clashes
The Ugandan security forces must not jettison human rights in their handling of the clashes in Kasese, which resulted in…
November 28, 2016
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Uganda minister’s remarks against LGBTI people amount to advocacy of hatred
Reacting to threats by Uganda’s Minister of Ethics and Integrity Simon Lokodo that he will suppress the activities of lesbian,…
August 8, 2016
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Sudanese President Al-Bashir must be arrested in Uganda and surrendered to the ICC
Uganda must immediately arrest Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir and hand him over to the International Criminal Court (ICC), said Amnesty…
May 12, 2016