Eight members of a Ugandan music band have been arrested for complaining that the president's speech at the weekend was too long, local media report.

Details here bbc.in/3vFoM1n

Excited to announce our 3 finalists for the 2024 EU Human Rights Defenders Award: Ms Jesca Ruth Ataa, Dr. Jimmy Spire Ssentongo & Ms Doreen Kyazze. All 3 have done amazing work to promote #HumanRights over the past year.
A short description of their work: rb.gy/r3kbx4

Today is a good day to listen to this Hard Questions Interview With Bart Magunda Katureebe Former Justice Of Uganda on Uganda’s constitution

youtu.be/qpzPggvCp6Q?si…

Constitutional Court pronounces itself on the Anti- Homosexuality Act 2023 of Uganda

In recent weeks, the viral #UgandaParliamentExhibition campaign on #socialmedia cast a spotlight on the excesses of the Ugandan parliament and put digital media at the heart of debates about state #transparency & #accountability 👉🏾cipesa.org/2024/03/online…

#InternetFreedomAfrica

📢📢The African Centre for Media Excellence is accepting entries for the 10th annual Uganda National Journalism Awards. #UNJA2024 🏅

Deadline: April 30th.

🇺🇬journalists and media houses can submit their work here: bit.ly/3xjt6DZ

Some thoughts on the #UgandaParliamentExhibition & other hashtag campaigns.
*Online activism is moving the dial
* Mainstream media have taken a knock, but we still need them.
* We need citizen pressure both online and offline to continue driving the demand for accountability…

I have just listened to the recording of today's Capital Gang. Believe me, Agather is one of the great treasures of this country. We need more of her kind!

It looks like the only constant is the life presidency.

Statement from NCHRDs-UG on the plight of Dr Jim Spire Ssentongo and other activists involved in the #UgandaParliamentExhibition

Press Release from Makerere University Academic Staff Association on the Plight of Dr Jim Spire Ssentongo
CC: Kakwenza Rukirabashaija TOKO Agather Atuhaire Anthony Natif Dr Busingye Kabumba Robert Kabushenga Yusuf Serunkuma🌹 Nicholas Opiyo (Pronouns He/Him)

#JudicialAccountability and #JudicialIndependence are two sides of the same coin. Here is a short statement - delayed justice is denied justice.

Letter to Mr President Yoweri K Museveni

Here Spire spoke for almost 98.8% of Ugandans🥹

On transparency and accountability Hon. Abdu Katuntu has just asked on #thecapitalgang how many citizens and civil society activists have utilized the Access to Information Act to scrutinize Parliament. There are actually number of civil society reports that show how many…

The #UgandaParliamentExhibition has reminded me of Margaret Thatcher' s words. 'There is no such thing as public [or government] money, only taxpayers' money.' This is our money. We work very hard for it. Stop looting and wasting it!

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