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  THE HUMAN RIGHTS CENTRE UGANDA (HRCU) WEEKLY UPDATE ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND KEY EMERGING ISSUES WITHIN THE HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS' WORKING ENVIRONMENT ISSUE NO.24 of 2021 | The Week of June 21 - 27, 2021   As the week began, we witnessed the swearing-in of the newly-appointed and approved Cabinet on Monday 21, at Kololo Independence Grounds in Kampala. It is therefore very vital that civil society and human rights defenders take advantage of the new cabinet, engage the relevant ministries and ministers in the promotion of human rights as it is the core role of the cabinet to implement government programmes and projects which essentially touch directly and affect human rights. This is a call to action to HRDs to engage, network, collaborate and partner with this new cabinet.  COVID-19 SITUATION IN UGANDA Results of COVID-19 tests done on 26 June 2021 confirm 695 new cases. The cumulative confirmed cases are 79,089. #STAYSAFEUG The breakdown of the new cases are: 69...

  HRCU WEEKLY UPDATE: ISSUE NO.23 OF 2021   THE HUMAN RIGHTS CENTRE UGANDA (HRCU) WEEKLY UPDATE ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND KEY EMERGING ISSUES WITHIN THE HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS' WORKING ENVIRONMENT ISSUE NO.23 of 2021 |The Week of 14 June- June 20, 2021 President Yoweri Museveni on Friday 18 th June 2021 ordered a total lockdown in Uganda due to a surge in Covid-19 cases and the resultant recent death All cross-boundary and inter-district movement of public or private transport was banned for 42 days. This is the second total nationwide lockdown since the corona virus pandemic invaded the country. The Human Rights Centre Uganda (HRCU) during these unprecedented days wishes to encourage all human rights defenders across the country to adhere to the Ministry of Health guidelines and presidential directives. As long as we all put into practice the SoPs, we shall defeat this scourge COVID-19 SITUATION IN UGANDA Results of COVID-19 tests done on 19 June 2021 confirm 1,1...