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  THE HUMAN RIGHTS CENTRE UGANDA (HRCU) WEEKLY UPDATE ON THE KEY EMERGING HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES WITHIN THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT OF HRDS IN UGANDA THE WEEK OF 22 ND TO 28 TH AUGUST, 2022 Welcome to a new week! The Human Rights Centre Uganda is pleased to share with you this week’s edition of the prime human rights issues that emerged from last week. In the course of last week, discussions regarding the Computer Misuse (Amendment) Act, 2022 continued whereby the Human Rights Network for Journalists, a local organization in Uganda advocating for the protection and promotion of the right to freedom of expression, information, and media freedoms made submissions to Parliament on the aforementioned Bill- https://hrnjuganda.org/?p=9615 . On Friday, August 26, 2022, the Wakiso District Human Rights Committee launched a human rights situational report on the “ Invisible Plight of People of Bussi Island ”. And some of the key issues contextualized in the report include the lack o...

  THE HUMAN RIGHTS CENTRE UGANDA (HRCU) WEEKLY UPDATE ON THE KEY EMERGING HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES WITHIN THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT OF HRDS IN UGANDA THE WEEK OF 15 TH TO 21 ST AUGUST, 2022 Welcome to a new week! Please receive and read through some of the compiled stories on human rights issues/concerns that emerged last week. HRCU commends the different HRD organizations that are actively engaging in activities aimed at strengthening the relationship between government and the civil society sector. Engagements by Defenders Protection Initiative and Global Rights Alert which happened last week are very fundamental in strengthening and improving on the working environment of HRDs in Uganda, especially those working in specific areas such as the extractive industry. Some of the key emerging issues included the following: ENHANCING GOV’T CSO RELATIONS: PLATFORM CREATED TO ADDRESS ISSUES BETWEEN NGOS, REGULATORS Non-government Organizations asked the government to relax the...

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 8 TH TO 14 TH AUGUST, 2022 Dear reader, Welcome to a new week! Please receive and read through this week’s updates on the key emerging human rights issues within the working environment of HRDs across Uganda compiled from last week. Let’s begin our updates by welcoming back all HRDs, regional and international agencies, and organizations such as the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) from commemorations to observe the International Youth Day 2022 which took place on Friday, August 12, 2022. Nationally, key Civil Society Organizations also observed the day with statements that included calling on the government plans to prioritize the youth and also closely involve them at all levels. Source: https://twitter.com/NCHRD_UG/status/1558017029034151938 KEY EMERGIN...

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 1 ST TO 7 TH AUGUST, 2022 Dear reader, Welcome to this week! Please receive and read through the weekly updates regarding COVID-19 and the key emerging human rights issues within the working environment of HRDs across Uganda. COVID-19 UPDATES GERMAN GOVT SUPPORTS DEVELOPMENT OF NASAL COVID-19 VACCINE The German government will fund the development of a nasal vaccine against COVID-19 similar to flu vaccines already available for children. Since the vaccine is directly applied to the nasal mucosa using a spray, it will “take effect where the virus enters the body,” Minister of Education and Research Bettina Stark-Watzinger told the newspaper Augsburger Allgemeine on Thursday, August 4, 2022. The research project by the University Hospital of Munich is to receive funding of almost 1.7 million euros (1.73 m...