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Attorney General Kiryowa Kiwanuka (L) talking to LoP Joel Ssenyonyi Looking at the Protection of Sovereignty bill, it seems that we are attempting to catch “big and small flies” in a legislative net. The bill is so wide and it threatens to strangle our economy, scare away vital investment, and punish the average Ugandan for the “sin” of earning a …

Screenshot By Mwanje Gideon  Looking at the Protection of Sovereignty bill, it seems that we are attempting to catch “big and small flies” in a legislative net. The bill is so wide and it threatens to strangle our economy, scare away vital investment, and punish the average Ugandan for the “sin” of earning a living.   I have come to …

Ghana’s bill would make it a crime to ‘hold out as’ LGBTQ.  Sam George, a leader of Ghana’s anti-LGBTQ partisans in parliament (Photo courtesy of Ghana Web) Ghana’s harsh Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill was formally introduced in parliament on Feb. 17 as a private member’s bill, Mamba Online reported. Meanwhile, Turkiye’s ministry of justice has reiterated its …

Kampala — In the face of mounting restrictions on civic freedoms in Uganda, a new Know Your Laws campaign is helping citizens better understand their legal rights and the real-world effects of controversial legislation, organisers and civil society advocates say. The initiative was launched against a backdrop of shrinking civic space in the country, where activists, rights defenders and ordinary …

Kampala — A civic education initiative known as Know Your Laws is transforming public conversation around some of Uganda’s most controversial legislation by translating complex legal texts into clear, accessible information for ordinary citizens, campaign organisers say. The campaign was launched at a time of increasing restrictions on civic space, following the passage of the Anti-Homosexuality Act and the Computer …

U.N. agency plans to review human rights in the southern African nation on Nov. 14. Michael Kayiyatsa, executive director of the Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR): “The UPR is an important opportunity for Malawi to take stock of its human rights record.” For more than 15 years, the southern African nation of Malawi has been debating — and …

LGBT Voice Tanzania calls on the state to protect all queer people Two Tanzanian men with rainbow flags. (Photo courtesy of LGBT Voice Tanzania) A report from the LGBTQ+ advocacy group LGBT Voice Tanzania describes the destruction that systemic homophobia is wreaking on LGBTQ+ people in the East African state. Below is a summary of the report’s findings and calls …