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  • FGM is a Human Rights Violation [opinion] 31 Dec 2009 14:33 GMT
    ... Uganda is a signatory to various human rights treaties and this has earned it a very positive image on the international scene ...

  • ICJ Trains Human Rights Activist on Trial Observation [column] 29 Dec 2009 23:54 GMT
    ... organised a three day training workshop for human rights defenders across the world. The human rights ... Russia, Venezuela, Mexico, Guatemala, Botswana, The Gambia, Uganda, Bahrain, Egypt, Yemen, Thailand, Norway and Italy. ...

  • Ugandan rebel leader killed in Central African Republic: army 2 Jan 2010 23:13 GMT
    ... Ugandan troops killed a top commander of the ... the Central African Republic. Last month UN human rights chief Navi Pillay demanded the capture of ...

  • Ugandan rebel leader killed in Centr.Africa: army 2 Jan 2010 14:30 GMT
    ... 2006, at Ri-Kwangba ... KAMPALA (AFP) – Ugandan troops killed a top commander of the ... the Central African Republic. Last month UN human rights chief Navi Pillay demanded the capture of ...

  • Ugandan rebel leader killed in Cent.Africa Republic 2 Jan 2010 16:50 GMT
    ... 2006, at Ri-Kwangba ... KAMPALA (AFP) – Ugandan troops killed a leader of the , ... has no border with Last month UN human rights chief Navi Pillay demanded the capture of ...

  • In Uganda, a Hate That We Must Confront 30 Dec 2009 22:51 GMT
    ... make this formulation real as I’ve turned my attention to a flagrant threat to human rights in Uganda. Since October, the Ugandan parliament has been considering a so-called “Anti-Homosexuality Bill.” The bill ...

  • Uganda army 'kills senior rebel' 2 Jan 2010 18:12 GMT
    ... The Ugandan army says that it has killed a ... our editor says. Last month the UN human rights commissioner, Navi Pillay, demanded the capture of ...

  • Hillary Clinton denounces Ugandan 'kill the gays' bill 29 Dec 2009 00:11 GMT
    ... Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has denounced Uganda’s "kill the gays" bill during an appearance ... past year, we have elevated into our human rights dialogues and our public statements a very ...

  • UGANDA: Chasing Ghosts 29 Dec 2009 11:15 GMT
    ... continue to crop up. Both CAR and Ugandan government sources report that the LRA are ... the LRA. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay made a statement on the ...

  • Behind the mask in Uganda 29 Dec 2009 12:32 GMT
    ... donors, who contribute a large portion of Uganda's budget. Among those most strongly opposing the ... homosexuality or even acknowledge it as a human rights issue. And the bill seems to have ... is profoundly undemocratic and un-African." Kate Sheill, Amnesty International's expert on sexual rights, says some of ...

  • Uganda's anti-homosexuality bill sparks hot debate 31 Dec 2009 12:11 GMT
    ... Published: December 31, 2009 06:48 ET KAMPALA, Uganda — To many non-Ugandans, Uganda conjures up ... debated, not only in parliament, but by human rights activists, gay and lesbian activists and many ...

  • Uganda reports killing LRA commander Abudema in CAR 3 Jan 2010 14:11 GMT
    ... Uganda reports killing LRA commander Abudema in CAR ... our editor says. Last month the UN human rights commissioner, Navi Pillay, demanded the capture of ...

  • Bunyoro Disowns Oil Protest Letter 28 Dec 2009 17:02 GMT
    ... Museveni through his secretary Amelia Kyambadde, the Speaker of Parliament, Tullow Oil and the Uganda Human Rights Commission. The Bunyoro prime minister, Yabeezi Kiiza, yesterday said the king had never written ...

  • 50 Police Bosses Arrested Over Rights Abuse 29 Dec 2009 10:33 GMT
    ... orders of the Inspector General of Police, Maj. Gen. Kale Kayihura. The Chairman of Uganda Human Rights Commission, Mr Med Kaggwa, yesterday welcomed the operation, saying he wants to see it ...

  • How our newsmakers fared 2 Jan 2010 08:38 GMT
    ... which she sent to Ottawa, Washington and Amnesty International. Since then, Ms. Oates, 27, has ... their wives. She also travelled to northern Uganda to develop a computer literacy training program for elementary ...


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