By Alexander Luyima Kampala, May 21, 2025 – Uganda’s Parliament has passed the Political Parties and Organizations (Amendment) Bill, 2025, igniting fierce backlash from opposition leaders, analysts, and civil society groups. Critics argue the legislation undermines democratic progress by coercively tying party funding to participation in a state-backed dialogue platform, …

By Alexander Luyima > “A nation that trades its courts for barracks, its legislators for puppets, and its Constitution for tyranny signs its own death warrant in blood.” — Adapted from Dr. M. Lwanga’s final public address before his arrest For decades, Uganda has bled slowly—not from war, but from …

As Parliament Defies Supreme Court on Military Trials, Victims of Past and Present Abuses Demand Accountability A Legacy of Unresolved Abuses In 1996, Uganda’s NRM regime established the Odoki Commission to investigate human rights violations since independence. Yet, nearly three decades later, the same Parliament that pledged to uphold justice …

By Alexander Luyima | Political Analyst & Human Rights Advocate The Illusion of “Efficiency” in Uganda’s Court Martial System When Ugandan officials boast about the “success” of military courts in reducing case backlogs, what they really mean is this: justice has been replaced with repression. While civil courts struggle with …

  Legal experts, rights defenders, and military analysts warn that Uganda’s expanded military court powers threaten democracy. The government insists it’s the only way to restore order. A Controversial Law with Far-Reaching Consequences Uganda’s Parliament has reignited a fierce national debate by amending the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) Act, …

Dar es Salaam / Kampala | Kenyan activist Boniface Mwangi has publicly identified the Tanzanian officer he says played a central role in the torture and rape of Ugandan journalist Agather Atuhaire during her secret detention in Tanzania, in what is shaping up to be one of the most disturbing …

Kampala, Uganda – May 26, 2025 The High Court in Kampala has nullified the election of Hon. Elias Luyimbazi Nalukoola as the Member of Parliament for Kawempe North, ordering the Electoral Commission to conduct fresh elections. The ruling, delivered by Justice Bernard Namanya, cited voter disenfranchisement and illegal campaigning as …

Tanzanian authorities must investigate the arbitrary arrest, torture, incommunicado detention, and forcible deportation of human rights defenders Agather Atuhaire and Boniface Mwangi, Amnesty International said today. Agather Atuhaire, from Uganda, and Kenyan national Boniface Mwangi arrived in Tanzania on 18 May as part of a delegation to observe the trial …

Human rights lawyers and activists have vowed to take the government of Tanzania to court over violations of human rights and freedoms. The activists from Uganda and Kenya had traveled to Tanzania to attend a court session in which Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu was arraigned to face treason charges …

A Ugandan human rights activist, arrested in Tanzania after travelling to the country to support an opposition politician at a trial for treason, has been tortured and dumped at the border, according to an NGO. Ugandan rights group Agora Discourse said on Friday that activist and journalist Agather Atuhaire had …