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Uganda: No justice for April 2011 killings

Uganda: No justice for April 2011 killings

29 April 2013
Human Rights Watch

Human Rights Watch issued a video recently in which relatives of the victims of the April 2011 killings, when at least nine people were killed by security forces during protests, explain the impact it had on their families and their struggle to secure justice and compensation.

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  • Ugandan advocate wins EU Human Rights Defenders Award

  • Ugandan advocate wins EU Human Rights Defenders Award

    Geoffrey Wokulira Ssebaggala, national coordinator of the Human Rights Network for Journalists-Uganda, received the award because of his consistency in recording and highlighting limitations of freedom of expression.

    ‎Human Rights Network for Journalists - Uganda‎24 April 2013

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Security forces seize Ugandan media outlets

Security agencies restricted the entry and exit into the premises of two print publications on 20 May 2013, and later took two radio stations off the air. The security personnel told some of the employees that a court order had declared their offices to be a "scene of crime".

‎Human Rights Network for Journalists - Uganda‎21 May 2013

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Ugandan journalists blocked from reporting at airport

A number of Ugandan journalists were blocked by security forces from accessing the national airport at Entebbe to cover the return of an army officer. Some journalists were detained, and others had their equipment confiscated.

‎Human Rights Network for Journalists - Uganda‎13 May 2013

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