ISSUE NO.29: HRCU WEEKLY UPDATE ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND KEY EMERGING ISSUES (19TH - 25TH OCTOBER 2020)
THE HUMAN RIGHTS CENTRE UGANDA (HRCU) WEEKLY UPDATE ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND KEY EMERGING ISSUES WITHIN THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS IN UGANDA DURING THE PREVALENCE OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC The Week of Monday 19 th – Sunday 25 th October 2020 Issue No. 29 INTRODUCTION Thank you for your continued effort in working towards contributing to a favourable or conducive environment for the promotion, protection and realisation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in Uganda. Without you, it would be very difficult to have a voice to speak out against human rights abuses and violations. The pressure continues to mount within the environment in which we operate as human rights defenders especially as the road towards 2021 gets clearly paved. We can only continue to sensitise the masses about the importance of staying calm and focusing on taking individual steps to do the right thing at all times. No one should be found to derail another or sway another i