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THE HUMAN RIGHTS CENTRE UGANDA (HRCU) WEEKLY UPDATE ON COVID-19 AND KEY EMERGING HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES WITHIN THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT OF HRDS IN UGANDA THE WEEK OF 23 RD TO 29 TH MAY 2022 Dear reader, Welcome to a new week and as we come to the end of this month, may we continue with the resilience and energy in advancing the protection and promotion of fundamental human rights and freedoms in the country. As we begin to look at our updates from last week, we urge all HRDs and the general public to be more  vigilant and cautious on the reported outbreak of monkeypox virus which has reportedly spread to 20 countries globally.https://www.voanews.com/a/who-nearly-200-cases-of-monkeypox-in-more-than-20-countries-/6592474.html  COVID-19 UPDATES MUSEVENI MEETS SINOVAC VACCINE MANUFACTURERS          President Museveni met with a team from the Chinese biopharmaceutical company, Sinovac, over plans to start manufacturing vaccines and drugs.   The visit by the team from Sino

THE HUMAN RIGHTS CENTRE UGANDA (HRCU) WEEKLY UPDATE ON COVID-19 AND KEY EMERGING HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES WITHIN THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT OF HRDS IN UGANDA THE WEEK OF 16 TH TO 22 ND MAY 2022 Dear reader, We welcome you to a new week and thank you for your continued effort in working towards contributing to a favorable and conducive environment for the promotion, protection, and realization of fundamental human rights and freedoms in Uganda. In this week’s edition, let’s begin with a look at some key headlines from last week and then have an exclusive insight into the emerging issues within which human rights defenders operate. Coffee farmers and a section of Ugandans at large had the last laugh as Parliament voted to terminate the controversial coffee agreement. Uganda police released its annual crime report for 2021 in which it indicated that there was an increase in the number of crimes reported. On May 20, the 11 th Parliament passed a Shs.48.1 trillion Budget for th

    THE HUMAN RIGHTS CENTRE UGANDA (HRCU) WEEKLY UPDATE ON COVID-19 AND KEY EMERGING HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES WITHIN THE WORKING ENVIROMENT OF HRDS IN UGANDA THE WEEK OF 2 ND  TO 8 TH  MAY 2022 Dear esteemed Reader, We welcome you to a new week. As we share with you our updates from last week, we would like to welcome back and thank all HRDs, Civil Society Leaders and Development partners who attended and participated in the 6th National Coalition of Human Rights Defenders Uganda (NCHRDU) Annual General Assembly which took place on 5th May 2022, under the theme “ Promoting accountability and Transparency amidst the ever-changing Civic Space Context”. Among the activities held during the meeting, was the election of new  Board Members  and technical thematic working groups (TTWG). Further more during the Assembly, HRCU’s Executive Director Margaret Sekaggya who  has also been the Board Chairperson of the National Coalition of Human Rights Defenders Uganda (NCHRD-UG), while addressing

THE HUMAN RIGHTS CENTRE UGANDA (HRCU) WEEKLY UPDATE ON COVID-19 AND KEY EMERGING HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES WITHIN THE WORKING ENVIROMENT OF HRDS IN UGANDA THE WEEK OF 25 TH APRIL TO 1 ST MAY 2022 Dear esteemed Reader, Welcome to the month of May 2022! We welcome the Muslim community and human rights defenders from the Eid celebrations as were held on 1st May 2022.We wish you a happy commemoration of World Press Freedom Day.  Every week that starts has its own uniqueness and as human rights defenders (HRDs) , we ought to always embrace it with a critical and open mind that will lead to finding of new, achievable and sustainable ideas about solving the existing realities and human rights challenges and create a more desirable working environment. Let's begin our updates from last week with a look at the COVID-19 updates and related developments. COVID-19 UPDATES Image Source: https://twitter.com/MinofHealthUG   70% COVID PATIENTS FAIL TO HEAL A YEAR AFTER INFECTION M