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Daily Monitor
Monday December 14 2020
This file photo taken in May 2013 shows Policemen arresting a journalist in Kampala. Human Rights Network for Journalists and local journalists had organised a demonstration protesting the closure of the Daily Monitor and Red Pepper newspapers, a move perceived by experts as a violation of human rights. PHOTO/FILE/MORGAN MBABAZI.
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The Uganda Human Rights Commission [UHRC] is a body established in the Constitution clothed with the core mandate of investigating human rights violations and awarding compensation to the victims.
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Lawyers have asked President Museveni to urgently appoint a substantive chairperson of the Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) to resolve the escalating rights violations during the political season.
Daily Monitor
Saturday December 12 2020
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Despite the fact that Covid-19 had negative effects on Uganda, women continued to break records in various fields to rise above the ordinary. From presidential candidate, nurse of the year, outstanding sportswoman to activism, some women stood out and stirred dialogue on matters of national importance. Talk of climate change and its impact on life that breathes life in Uganda, women reminded us of their efforts in making this world a better place, writes Eronie Kamukama.
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Nancy Kalembe
On November 3, Kalembe checked all the boxes for the required credentials for the presidency. She was successfully nominated and has since caught the attention of the public as the only woman competing for the country’s biggest office in the 2020/2021 general elections. She may not be the first but that doesn’t make it less remarkable. We had Maureen Kyalya in 2016, Beti Kamya in 2011 and Miria Obote in 2006. Kalembe’s determina
Daily Monitor
Friday December 11 2020
A protester in Kampala during the November 18/19 demonstrations against the arrest of NUP Flag bearer Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine. The protests left over 50 people dead with scores injured PHOTO/FILE/NMG.
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Of the 54 people who lost lives in the protests, government says 22 were killed by stray bullets.
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The Uganda Law Society (ULS) has resolved to prosecute security personnel and government officials over their role in the quelling of the November 18 and November 19 countrywide protests that left at least 54 people dead and scores injured.
ULS president Pheona Wall Nabasa on Wednesday asked the public to identify all the errant security personnel and report them to their secretariat with a view of having them prosecuted.