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Ugandan rights activist wins top human rights award

A Ugandan woman who has defended the rights of her country’s marginalized lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community has…

May 9, 2011

Press Release

Uganda: Murder of Gay Activist Must Be Investigated

David Kato, gay activist, died after an unknown attacker struck him on the head at his home. He successfully sued…

March 27, 2011

Press Release

Uganda: Murder of Gay Activist Must Be Investigated

David Kato, gay activist, died after an unknown attacker struck him on the head at his home. He successfully sued…

March 27, 2011

Sheet of paper Report

Uganda: Violence against women in Northern Uganda

Date: 17/07/2005 ""When we were given to our husbands we were expected to have sex with them. I was only…

March 26, 2011

Sheet of paper Report

Issue Brief: Uganda: Stop the Slaughter

On February 22, 2004, members of the Lords Resistance Army, led by Joseph Kony, attacked a camp of Internally Displaced...

March 26, 2011

Sheet of paper Report

Uganda: Breaking the circle: Protecting human rights in the northern war zone

The war in northern Uganda is in its thirteenth year. The districts of Gulu and Kitgum, home of the Acholi…

March 26, 2011

Sheet of paper Report

Uganda: “Breaking God’s commands”: The destruction of childhood by the Lord’s Resistance Army

The organization has chosen to issue this report about abuses against children (mainly by the LRA) because thousands of...

March 26, 2011

Sheet of paper Report

Uganda: Human rights violations by the National Resistance Army

Amnesty International has received persistent reports of human rights violations in 1991 in the northern Ugandan districts...

March 26, 2011

Sheet of paper Report

Uganda: Child “Night Commuters”

Girl aged 14, walks a kilometre, along with her four siblings, to the safety of a shelter in Lacor, five…

March 26, 2011

Sheet of paper Report

Annual Report: Uganda 2010

Head of state and government Yoweri Kaguta Museveni Death penalty retentionist Population 32.7 million Life expectancy 51.9 years Under-5 mortality…

March 19, 2011

Sheet of paper Report

Annual Report: Uganda 2009

Head of state and government Yoweri Kaguta Museveni Death penalty retentionist Population 31.9 million Life expectancy 49.7 years Under-5 mortality…

March 19, 2011