Urgent Action: Families at risk of forced eviction
18 people residing in a sports facility temporary shelter since a flooding devastated their homes are at risk of eviction
Urgent Action correction: Prisoner denied full medical check-up
On 25 February 2019, the Court of Cassation upheld Hajer Mansoor Hassan’s conviction and three-year prison sentence.
Urgent Action correction: End attacks against human rights defenders
Cristina Palabay was warned by an anonymous source that her and several others are targeted to be killed this year.
Youth Fundraising Update: May 2019
A youth fundraising update for May 2019 featuring another fundraising idea from our Youth Advisory Group.
Urgent Action update: APAA communities attacked and forcibly evicted
Rangers from the Uganda Wildlife Authority have been carrying out forced evictions of communities in the Apaa area.
Urgent Action update: Journalist granted provisional release
Journalist Amade Abubacar was granted provisional release from Mieze Prison in Pemba City on 23 April.
Urgent Action outcome: Mikhail Tsakunov released, trial ongoing
Prisoner of conscience Mikhail Tsakunov was released under travel restrictions, after a year in pre-trial detention.
Urgent Action: Journalist charged with spreading false news
Casimir Kpedjo, the managing editor of the newspaper ‘New Economy’, was charged with publishing “false information".
Urgent Action: End attacks against human rights defenders
Cristina Palabay was warned by an anonymous source that her and several others are targeted to be killed this year.
Urgent Action correction: Activist risks charges over forced ‘confession’
Suha Jbara was released after spending over two months in detention where she says she was tortured by interrogators.