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THE HUMAN RIGHTS CENTRE UGANDA (HRCU) WEEKLY UPDATE ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND KEY EMERGING ISSUES WITHIN THE HRDS’ WOKING ENVIRONMENT WEEK OF 20 TH TO 26 TH SEPTEMBER 2021 It is a great week that we begin! The past is gone, the new is here! Quite a lot of information was received in the course of the week that called on us as human rights defenders to take action including the President’s (H.E. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni Tibuhaburwa) address and update on the situation of COVID-19 in Uganda https://www.mediacentre.go.ug/media/presidential-statement-nation-progress-covid-19-response .  In the same vein, the President also delivered his speech at the 76 th UN General Assembly on Thursday September 23 in which he highlighted the effects of lack of vaccines and climate change on Uganda, and called for cooperation to aid post-Covid recovery. In his speech relayed via video link

  THE HUMAN RIGHTS CENTRE UGANDA (HRCU) WEEKLY UPDATE ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND KEY EMERGING ISSUES WITHIN THE HRDS’ WORKING ENVIRONMENT ISSUE NO.35 OF 2021 | WEEK OF 13 TH TO 19 TH SEPTEMBER 2021 Welcome to a new week! It is good that we completed the past week despite the challenges that were met.  On Tuesday 14 th September 2021, news was spread or received of the death of Ms. Juiet Ebil , a focal and vocal human rights defender in Lira district/Lango sub region. She was working as Team Leader/Programme Manager at the Lira based Facilitation for Peace and Development ( FAPAD )  https://fapaduganda.org/team/ebil-juliet/ .  Juliet will be remembered as a resilient  human rights defender  who loved working with everyone and who prioritized the promotion of democracy, good governance and human rights promotion, protection and realization for all. She was laid to rest on Saturday 18 th September 2021 in Kole district. May her soul continue to rest in everlasting peace. Please see