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THE HUMAN RIGHTS CENTRE UGANDA (HRCU) WEEKLY UPDATE ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND KEY EMERGING ISSUES WITHIN THE HRDS’ WORKING ENVIRONMENT ISSUE NO.27 OF 2021 | THE WEEK OF 12 TH – 18 TH JULY, 2021 OPENING REMARK: Welcome to this new week where we continue to promote and strive for the protection and realization of human rights and fundamental freedoms. Let’s keep in mind that as human rights defenders, we have the right to develop and discuss new ideas meaning that we should always utilize the information we receive to think of innovative ways of dealing with the various violations and abuses of rights within our communities and society. There was anxiety in the course of last week as parents and Primary Seven leavers looked forward to receiving their Primary Leaving Examinations results. These were released by Hon. Janet Museveni on Friday July 16, 2021. We remain hopeful that the children who completed and passed the exams will be able to join Secondary school level in the nearest...

      THE HUMAN RIGHTS CENTRE UGANDA (HRCU) WEEKLY UPDATE ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND KEY EMERGING ISSUES WITHIN THE HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS' WORKING ENVIRONMENT ISSUE NO.26 of 2021 |The Week of 05 July- July 11, 2021   Uganda's Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja on Thursday 8 th July 2021 launched the distribution of COVID-19 relief funds to vulnerable citizens as the country remains under lockdown in a bid to curb the spread of the virus. However, the processes has been marred with controversies especially with regards to identification of the vulnerable beneficiaries. As Human Rights Defenders (HRDs), critical attention should be paid to this process to bring out issues of accountability and transparency so that the distributed money reaches the intended beneficiaries.     COVID-19 SITUATION IN UGANDA Results from COVID-19 tests done on 10 July 2021 confirm 479 news cases. The cumulative confirmed ca...