THE WORKERS EYE
Our Reporter. A Ugandan Journalist is seeking asylum after threats on his life following links to the rebel Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) fighting to topple the National Resistance Movement (NRM) government. Sources in London say Bukedde Televison News Reporter and Anchor Mr Hussein Mukiibi Wasswa, who went to London ,United Kingdom to cover an international […]
By Margaret Nakazibwe in Kampala. Uganda’s recently concluded elections were characterized by widespread violence and human rights abuses according to Human Rights Watch. The abuses included killings by security forces, arrests and beatings of opposition supporters and journalists, disruption of opposition rallies, and a shutdown of the internet. Since election campaigns began in November 2020, […]
By Yawe Araphat. The White House and the European Union (EU) have join the United Nations (UN) and other human rights groups in condemning the just passed Anti-Homosexuality law in Uganda. The law that that would impose severe punishments on individuals who identify as lesbian, gays, trans, queer and others was passed by Parliament on Tuesday, receiving […]
By Yawe Araphat in Kampala. Inmates in Ugandan prisons are subject to brutal compulsory labor, frequent violence, miserable overcrowding, and disease according to Human Rights Watch in a report examining conditions in 16 prisons throughout the country. Over half of those in Ugandan prisons are in pre-trial detention and may be held for years without […]
By Yawe Araphat. Ugandan MPs are pushing for new laws to make homosexual acts punishable by death. James Nsaba Buturo, an MP, said parliamentarians wanted to retable a bill ruled unconstitutional by a court in 2014 that would introduce capital sentences for gay sex. “We are putting our act [bill] together. Just give us a […]
By Yawe Araphat in Kampala. Women in Uganda have protested against their breasts being checked for bombs at entry points to public places. The protest comes after a directive from the police demanding that womens’ bras should be checked thoroughly. They argue that terrorists are now manufacturing suicide bombs similar to bras. Uganda police counter […]
By Yawe Araphat. In recent years homosexuality in Uganda has become an increasingly volatile political and social issue. In 2014 President Yoweri Museveni signed the , introducing new, harsh penalties for same-sex sexual acts. That act was later ruled by unconstitutional by Uganda’s Constitutional Court, but the debate over homosexuality has continued unabated. In March 2023, Ugandan […]
By Yawe Araphat. Uganda’s president signed a law imposing harsh penalties for homosexuality on Monday, defying protests from rights groups, criticism from Western donors and a U.S. warning that it will complicate relations.Uganda President Yoweri Museveni signs an anti-homosexual bill into law at the state house in Entebbe, 36 km (22 miles) south west of capital […]
By Yawe Araphat. Country’s president urged to reject bill and base policies on “science rather than prejudice” International organisations fighting HIV/Aids have slammed a proposed law that bans homosexuality in Uganda. The Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2023 was passed by the Ugandan parliament on 21 March and now awaits the signature of president Yoweri Museveni. As well […]
By Yawe Araphat. When Uganda’s Constitutional Court declared the notorious Anti-Homosexuality Act “null and void” on August 1, lesbian, gay, Bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) community and human rights activists breathed a collective sigh of relief. Since President Yoweri Museveni promulgated the law in February, it had cast a long shadow. But the real fight is not […]