(Kampala) – Uganda should quickly adopt and put into effect a new law to protect everyone from violence and harassment, including sexual harassment, at work, Human Rights Watch said today.
In a world teetering on the complex politics of international relations, the Government of Uganda’s decision not to extend the United Nations Human Rights Office (OHCHR) mandate sparked ...
Dr. Kizza Besigye, a prominent opposition figure, has raised concerns about the current state of the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), stating that its organs are dysfunctional and unable to ...
As a man becomes the first to face the death penalty under one of the world’s harshest anti-LGBTQ+ laws, the community in Uganda is fighting back. It was the one place she should have been safe.
Uganda has begun charging people under its draconian new anti-LGBT law, including two men accused of “aggravated homosexuality”, which can carry the death penalty. Human rights activists say ...
Analysis - In the upsurge of laws and policies targeting homosexuality, the plight of victims is often forgotten.
Prosecutors in Africa said a 20-year-old man is the first person to be charged in Uganda with "aggravated homosexuality" − a crime punishable by death under a controversial anti-gay law that ...
A 20-year-old man has become the first Ugandan to be charged with “aggravated homosexuality” – an offence punishable by death under the country’s recently enacted anti-gay law. The ...
LAGOS, Nigeria — Two men in Uganda are the first to be charged with "aggravated homosexuality," which carries the death penalty under a new anti-gay law passed in May. Homosexuality was already ...
Prosecutors used the death penalty provision of a newly passed law to charge a 20-year-old man. The measure has sown widespread fear among gay Ugandans. By Emma Bubola Ugandan prosecutors have ...
Uganda's president signs anti-gay bill into law, threatening prison for homosexuality 00:38 Ugandan prosecutors have charged a man with "aggravated homosexuality," potentially a capital offense ...
In most of Africa — 33 out of 55 countries — homosexuality is a crime punishable by imprisonment. This year alone, six states ...
