The authorities continued to restrict the rights to freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and association. Security forces used excessive and unnecessary lethal force and killed at least 66 people. Courts made several rulings which promised to protect human rights. The authorities continued to...

Across Africa, LGBTI persons face a distressing regression of progress, enduring relentless protests and formidable obstacles to their rights. This review exposes an alarming trend: the weaponization of law to target and marginalize the LGBTI community, exacerbating a deteriorating state of human...

This shadow report outlines several issues of concern relating to Uganda’s implementation of the Concluding Observations and Recommendations made by the ACHPR in 2015 following its review of the State’s 5th Periodic Report. Amnesty International’s report focuses on ongoing key concerns regarding...

Amnesty International welcomes this opportunity to address the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (African Commission) following the presentation of the inter-session activity report of the Chairperson of the Committee for the Prevention of Torture in Africa (CPTA). Amnesty...

Amnesty International welcomes Uganda’s engagement in the UPR process and its support for 139 out of 273 recommendations, including on implementing the national human rights action plan; and advancing the right to health; and the right to education for girls. The implementation of these...

On 16 February 2008, Ugandan authorities forcibly evicted 178 Indigenous Benet families from Benet forest, Mount Elgon, Sebei region (Bukwo and Kween districts), in eastern Uganda, rendering them homeless. Over a decade later, when Amnesty International visited Mount Elgon, members of the...

Uganda’s NGO Bureau, the country’s regulatory authority for non-governmental organizations (NGOs), should immediately rescind the decision to suspend 54 organizations that they have classified as NGOs, which comes in the context of intensifying intimidation and harassment of civil society...

This submission was prepared for the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Uganda in January-February 2022. In it, Amnesty International evaluates the implementation of recommendations made to Uganda in its previous UPR, including in relation to implementing the National Human Rights Action Plan...

In response to the Questionnaire of the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants on “pushback practices and their impact on the human rights of migrants”, This is Amnesty International’s submission on select patterns of unlawful pushbacks of migrants and refugees in East Africa region.

COVID-19 is wreaking havoc in Africa, threatening health, life and livelihoods of millions of people. Refugees, migrants, and asylum seekers stranded in borders or staying in refugee camps or in urban and peri-urban centers are amongst those who have been most disproportionately affected by the...

Amnesty International calls on the government to ensure Stella Nyanzi’s right to an effective remedy including adequate compensation and guarantee of non-repetition for the wrongful conviction. The authorities must respect all previous judicial decisions on reparations for all injustices against...

Between 2015 and March 2018, Israel deported some 1,700 Sudanese and Eritrean asylum-seekers to Uganda. Upon arrival in Uganda, deportees find a shambolic reception, which leaves them without papers, without protection and without sustainable resources. This pushes many to continue their journeys...

Amnesty International recognizes that African states have always borne the primary and disproportionate responsibility in hosting people fleeing persecution in their home countries. However, the organization remains concerned about the human rights implications of the growing number of agreements...