Human Rights

Leaders in Luwero district have criticized Bombo Military Barracks for denying ambulances belonging to Members of Parliament access to its hospital. Bombo Military Barracks hosts a Military hospital that offers treatment to both soldiers and civilians. In a move to help communities access health services, some Members of Parliament from …

A team of joint security task forces has, over the weekend, arrested at least 25 people who were attending the wedding ceremony of a fellow gay couple. Witnesses intimated to this website that Police swung into action following a tip-off of the neighbours of the wedding premises in Kajjansi, a …

When I was paraded into these terror cells, I was inducted into a series of clobber sessions presided by CMI attachees from Western and Northern regions of Uganda. They’re quite organized in a sense that after clobbering you, they deploy another soldier of your tribe and religion to counsel you …

Motiv Kasagga, a blogger of National Unity Platform (NUP) party, has been released on cash bail of Shs1 million. Kasagga on Tuesday, 11 October 2022, appeared before Buganda Road Court charged with five counts of alteration of computer materials to insult senior government officials, among them, Speaker of Parliament Anita …

Four supporters of the National Unity Platform have been charged with common nuisance. The four were arrested while going to deliver a petition at Parliament on the plight of Ugandan domestic workers in the Middle East. The four who include Nansana West ward LCV councillor John Bosco Sserunkuma, Richard Sebuganda, …

The army and police have denied holding Teddy Nalubowa, a National Unity Platform Unit-NUP supporter, who was reportedly abducted from Nansana Municipality in Wakiso district last month. Nalubowa’s family claims that she left her rented room in Kyebando in Nansana Municipality at around 06:00 pm on August 28th, 2022 shortly after …

National Unity Platform Secretary-General David Lewis Rubongoya has reportedly been arrested and detained on allegations of threatening violence in the recently concluded Omoro by-election. Rubongoya who is currently detained at Natete Police Station in Kampala was arrested on Wednesday afternoon alongside his driver Gordon Agaba. According to a Statement posted …

Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) soldier Sgt Ali Hassan Matovu and a civilian Erias Ssengoba have denied kidnapping and raping National Unity Platform (NUP) supporter Alexandros Marinos. Marinos revealed to party members and journalists on Wednesday that she was kidnapped on March 30 and kept in the dungeons of Chieftaincy …

In a recent court ruling, a supporter of the National Unity Platform (NUP) has been sentenced to eight months in prison. The supporter, identified as Wazabanga Simon Peter, was convicted on charges of inciting violence and assaulting a police officer during a political rally. The incident reportedly took place during …

The wives of detained National Unity Platform-NUP supporters have  called for their immediate release. The NUP supporters were picked up between 2020 and 2021 at the height of the presidential campaigns. On Tuesday, over 50 women joined the leaders of NUP’s women wing at NUP headquarters to commemorate International Women’s …