Fifteen journalists seek justices after being brutally assaulted by security forces wielding batons and electric wires. This statement was originally published on hrnjuganda.org on 20 March 2025.

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk on Friday said the U.N. would close its offices in Uganda. Photo courtesy United Nations Aug. 4 (UPI) --The United Nations human rights ...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk announced the closure of the UN Human Rights office in Uganda on Thursday after the East African country decided not to renew an agreement that ...

(Nairobi) – The Ugandan government should immediately reverse its decision to end the mandate of the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Uganda, Human Rights ...

The guidelines outline dos and don’ts for parents, political parties, schools, and the general public, emphasising strict adherence to laws that prohibit the use of children in any form of political ...

As the banner marking the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence was lowered, another was raised to commemorate the 75th International Human Rights Day on December 10. Between these ...

The Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) Tribunal sitting in Mbarara City has awarded a total of Shs160m in damages to victims of human rights violations. In the first decision read by the ...

Uganda Human Rights Commission has directed the military to release Bobi Wine's bodyguard, Eddie Mutwe. In a statement, the Commission's chair Mariam Wangadya warned that Mutwe's continued detention ...

The Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) chairperson, Mariam Wangadya. The Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) has called for the immediate disbandment of what she called rising vigilante youth ...

Aug. 4 (UPI) --The United Nations human rights watchdog said Friday it was pulling out of Uganda after almost two decades with the closure of its final remaining office in the country due to cease ...