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Amnesty International  Report 2013


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Uganda: Activists arrested as disturbing crackdown on media ...
24 May 2013

Ugandan authorities must end an attack on freedom of expression that has left several media outlets shut by security forces, Amnesty International said.

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Amnesty International | Uganda: Activists arrested as disturbing ...
24 May 2013

The Ugandan authorities must end an attack on freedom of expression that has left several media outlets shut by security forces for a fifth day, Amnesty International ...

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Uganda: Further information: Ugandan anti-homosexuality bill not ...
19 December 2012

On 14 December, the Ugandan Parliament closed for the Christmas and New Year recess without tabling the Anti-Homosexuality Bill. Parliament is not expected to reconvene ...

Urgent Action       AFR 59/010/2012

Help us stop the Anti-Homosexuality Bill in Uganda! | Amnesty ...
27 November 2012

Take action and urge the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition in Parliament to stop the discriminatory Bill from being passed.

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Uganda: Anti-homosexuality bill could pass imminently
26 November 2012

The Ugandan Parliament is preparing to debate a bill which entrenches discrimination and hatred against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. The bill, ...

Urgent Action       AFR 59/008/2012

Amnesty International | Joint Press Statement: Police raid on ...
19 June 2012

Yesterday's raid on a lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) workshop by the Uganda police was arbitrary, and an illegitimate infringement on ...

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Uganda: Police close down gay rights workshop | Amnesty ...
19 June 2012

Police have raided a human rights workshop attended by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) activists in Kampala.

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Efforts to arrest Joseph Kony must respect human rights | Amnesty ...
8 March 2012

The Lord's Resistance Army leader is charged with crimes against humanity and war crimes as documented by the Kony 2012 campaign.

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