United Nations warns of shrinking civic space, military overreach in Uganda
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has accused Uganda of intensifying its crackdown on dissent and shrinking civic space since the January 2026 election...
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Honor Gen. Moses Ali’s Legacy by Ending Abductions and Illegal Detentions†— Ssenyonyi Challenges Museveni
Leader of the Opposition in Parliament Joel Ssenyonyi has urged President Yoweri Museveni to end alleged abductions, illegal detention facilities and violations of citize...
Nalweyiso Says Kivumbi Was Arrested Over Different Matter, Not Case for Which He Got Bail
Senior Presidential Advisor on Defence and Security, Lt. Gen Proscovia Nalweyiso has said former Butambala County MP Muhammad Muwanga Kivumbi was not rearrested over the...
UHRC Boss Wangadya Breaks Down Before MPs: “I Have Never Known Peace, They Have Turned My Life Into Hellâ€
Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) Chairperson Mariam Wangadya delivered an emotional and at times tearful defence of her leadership before Parliament’s Committ...
Uganda's Military Forcibly Disappears Opposition Politician
has been 13 days since armed soldiers seized Muwanga Kivumbi, a deputy president for the National Unity Platform, Uganda's main opposition party. He has not been heard fr...
Besigye seeks to meet Muhoozi in person
Kizza Besigye has asked court to allow prison authorities to take him to Chief of Defence Forces Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba so that he can personally serve him with court su...
DEAD OR ALIVE: Security Agencies Ordered to Produce Muwanga Kivumbi Within Seven Days.
KAMPALA — For nearly two weeks, no one has publicly accounted for the whereabouts of Muhammad Muwanga Kivumbi.His family says they have searched in vain. His lawye...
Bobi Wine: We Have Received Disturbing Reports That Muwanga Kivumbi Was Tortured to Near Death at Kasenyi SFC Military Barracks
KAMPALA — National Unity Platform (NUP) president Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, has claimed that the party has received reports alleging that it...
Kakwenza Rukirabashaija Offered ‘Big Job’ and State Protection. Exiled Novelist Declines Museveni Deal
Kakwenza Rukirabashaija Offered ‘Big Job’ and State Protection. Novelist Declines Museveni DealExiled Ugandan novelist Kakwenza Rukirabashaija has claimed th...
Ssenyonyi to Museveni: Honor Gen Ali with end to abductions, illegal detention facilities
During Parliament’s special sitting for Gen Moses Ali, Opposition Leader Joel Ssenyonyi called on President Museveni to end alleged abductions, close illegal deten...