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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 a paper...
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 a paper...
March 27, 2011
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
Report
Uganda: Arrest Now! Joseph Kony, Vincent Otti, Okot Odhiambo and Dominic Ongwen
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March 26, 2011
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 kilometres out of...
March 26, 2011
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 10 years old when I...
March 26, 2011
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
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 ethnic group,...
March 26, 2011
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
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 (m/f) 129/116 per 1,000 Adult literacy 73.6 per cent Law enforcement officials were not held to account for human rights violations including unlawful killings, torture and other ill-treatment. The government attacked freedom of expression and press freedom. Despite a high prevalence of gender based violence, there was little progress in bringing perpetrators to justice and implementing long promised legislative reforms. Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people continued to face discrimination and other human rights violations, and a draft law…
March 19, 2011
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 (m/f) 132/119 per 1,000 Adult literacy 66.8 per cent Security in the north increased after progress was made in peace talks between the government and the armed group, the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), aimed at ending the 20-year conflict in northern Uganda. However, the final peace agreement was not signed by the end of 2008. The government continued to undermine freedom of expression and press freedom. Violence against women and girls persisted throughout the country. State security agents tortured or…
March 19, 2011
Report
Annual Report: Uganda 2008
REPUBLIC OF UGANDA Head of state and government Yoweri Kaguta Museveni Death penalty retentionist Population 30.9 million Life expectancy 49.7 years Under-5 mortality (m/f) 135/121 per 1,000 Adult literacy 66.8 per cent Peace talks continued between the government and the armed group, the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), aimed at ending the 20-year conflict in northern Uganda. The talks reportedly focused on withdrawal of the International Criminal Court’s arrest warrants for four senior LRA leaders. A ceasefire agreed in 2006 was extended. The independence of the judiciary was threatened and attacks on freedom of expression and press freedom continued. Violence against…
March 19, 2011