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      HRCU WEEKLY UPDATE: ISSUE NO.22 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.22 of 2021 |The Week of 7 June- June 13, 2021   The Human Rights Centre Uganda (HRCU) wishes to extend congratulations to Ugandans upon celebrating Heroes Day.  National Heroes' Day is a public holiday in the Republic of Uganda observed on June 9th.  The day commemorates those who lost their lives in the Ugandan Bush War (1981 - 1986).  In 2001, an act was passed in the Parliament of Uganda which recognised the June 9th as Heroes' Day in remembrance of those who contributed to the liberation struggle that ushered in the National Resistance Movement government on January 26th 1986. COVID-19 SITUATION IN UGANDA Results of COVID-19 tests done on 12 June 2021 confirm 1,122 new cases. The ...

  HRCU WEEKLY UPDATE: ISSUE NO.21 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.21 of 2021 |The Week of May 31- June 6, 2021   The week came to a close with the Presidential address on Sunday 6th June 2021, where he explicitly highlighted the new measures that are intended to curb the spread of the Corona Virus (Covid-19) pandemic that is increasingly and alarmingly spreading infecting large numbers of people.  As Human Rights Defenders (HRDs), we call upon all HRDs inform and educate the general public about all the guidelines and regulations put in place that masses get to know the guidelines set by the government in order to avoid getting caught on the wrong side of the law due to ignorance.  More importantly, it is at this time that HRDs are called upon to be critical and document all human rights violations and abuses that may ...