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Gay Rights Conference Shut Down in Uganda – Alleged Violations of International Human Rights Law
A group called Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG) has issued a press release in response to the shutting down of its capacity-building workshop. The workshop was shut down by the Uganda State Minister of Ethics and Integrity, the Reverand Father Simon…
ICTR Affirms Referral of Case to National Court System in Rwanda
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) has dismissed an appeal by a former pastor accused of inciting attacks against Tutsi civilians, reaffirming its decision to refer him for trial in the national court system. The pastor is accused of…
Julia Sebutinde of Uganda Elected to ICJ
The General Assembly and the Security Council today elected a Ugandan jurist to fill the final vacancy on the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the United Nations. Julia Sebutinde obtained an absolute majority in both…
UN Security Council Demands Surrender of Lord’s Resistance Army
The Security Council today strongly condemned the persistent attacks by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) across Central Africa, demanding that the group end its atrocities against civilians and that its members disarms and surrender.Attacks by roaming bands of LRA insurgents…
Congressional Briefing on Women’s Human Rights in Africa: Monday, March 28, 2011
News in brief . . . .
. . . . WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2010MIAMI (Fla.): “A five-year contract dispute between one of international soccer’s bad boys and England’s Chelsea soccer club has landed in Miami federal court.” KAMPALA (Uganda): The president of Uganda has overruled…
News Briefs: November 3, 2010
SAN DIEGO: “Pitcher] Jon Garland declined his $6.75 mutual option with the Padres for 2011 and will test the free agent waters.”KAMPALA: “The [Uganda] ministry of Trade has finally suspended the pre-inspection of [imported] goods and used motor vehicle schemes that…
Ugandan Health Expert Advocates Legalizing Abortion
Daily Monitor: Legalise abortion to save babies and mothers, says health expert, by Flavia Nalubega:
If abortion is legalised, many lives of mothers will be saved, a health specialist has said. Dr Raymond Tweheyo, a resident mentor at the
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Human Rights: Uganda Becomes 24th Country to Ratify the Maputo Protocol
Uganda became the 24th country to ratify the “Maputo Protocol” to the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa. The protocol was adopted by the Heads of State and Government at a session of…