Tag: Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC)

Court Sentences Two to Death, Seven to Life Over Susan Magara Murder

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The kidnappers held her captive for nearly three weeks, demanding up to $1 million before accepting about $200,000 (approximately UGX 700 million). During her captivity, they cut off two of her fingers and sent them alongside a video of her pleading for help to pressure her family into paying the ransom.

UPC Attributes Two Million Stunted Children to 1980s Livestock Losses

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Akena referred to historical statements by President Museveni acknowledging the destruction of food supplies and the destitution of about 2.7 million people during that period. He argued that the loss of cattle deprived communities of daily nutrition, household income, school fees, draft power, and soil fertility, leaving effects that continue to be felt today.
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Opposition Leaders Under JDP Petition UHRC Over Alleged Government...

According to Lulume Bayiga, the Executive Chairperson of the People’s Front for Freedom (PFF) party, since November 2020, and continuing throughout the 2026 electoral cycle, the JDP has recorded an ongoing pattern of state-linked abductions where some security agents in plain clothes or military attire, driving unmarked minibuses, have seized opposition supporters, campaign organizers, polling agents, and civic activists from streets and homes.
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UNHCR Warns Against Electoral Violence, Urges Peaceful Campaigns Ahead...

The Chairperson of the Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC), Mariam Wangadya, has called on leaders from across the political...
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NUP Members Lawfully Arrested, Not Abducted— UHRC’s Wangadya

The Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) has dismissed allegations of state-orchestrated abductions in the run-up to the 2026 Ugandan...
Politics

FDC Condemns Government Inaction on Human Rights Abuses, Cites...

The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) has accused the Ugandan government of failing to uphold its own promises on...
Security

UHRC Chairperson Emphasizes Human Rights Commitment in Detention Facilities

The Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) Chairperson, Mariam Wangadya, has emphasized the commission’s mandate to safeguard citizen’s rights particularly...
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Health Committee Blocks Surrogacy Access for All Women, Raising...

Members of Parliament on the Parliament’s Health Committee have rejected a proposal by the Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) to allow all women, regardless of fertility status, to access surrogacy services.
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UHRC Highlights Funding Barriers for Women’s Political Participation

The Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) has established that the lack of access to political funding presents a huge...
Opinion

IS IT THE END OF THE BEGINNING OR THE...

Last week, the chairperson of the Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC), Lady Justice Mariam Wangadya, revealed that Uganda had...

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