Uganda accused of ‘state bigotry’ and attacks on LGBTQ+ people
Report from Human Rights Watch criticises Museveni regime for arbitrary arrests and detentions, violence and extortion since draconian new law enacted The Ugandan authorities have...
Category : Yoweri Museveni
Ugandan opposition accuses president of using military courts to quash dissent
Politicians say Yoweri Museveni is prosecuting opponents on politically motivated charges before 2026 election Ugandan opposition politicians have accused the president, Yoweri Museveni, of attempting...
Bobi Wine to run for president in Uganda’s 2026 election ‘if I am still alive and not in jail’
Exclusive: Opposition leader says he has ‘no choice’ but to challenge Yoweri Museveni’s regime, despite threats and previous attacks The musician turned opposition leader Bobi...
Lawyer for Ugandan opposition politician ‘arrested and tortured’
Eron Kiiza, who was representing regime opponent Dr Kizza Besigye, was assaulted and sentenced to nine months’ jail, say colleagues A human rights lawyer involved...
Ex-LRA commander convicted of crimes against humanity in landmark Ugandan trial
Court to sentence Thomas Kwoyelo for 44 offences committed during militia’s 20-year rebellion and reign of terror A former commander in the feared Lord’s Resistance...
UK officials under fire for congratulating ‘repressive’ new chief of Uganda’s army
Activists call move ‘absurd’, as Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, son of President Museveni, is accused of torture and abusing critics Senior British government officials have congratulated...
Ugandan president and son accused of sponsoring violence in ICC testimony
Documents containing allegations of torture filed to court in support of complaint made by Bobi Wine The Uganda president, Yoweri Museveni, and his son Muhoozi...
Ugandan president signs anti-LGBTQ+ law with death penalty for same-sex acts
Global outcry over Museveni’s assent to draconian new anti-gay law, condemned as a ‘permission slip for hate and dehumanisation’ Uganda’s president, Yoweri Museveni, has signed...
