Human Rights Watch is pleased to contribute to the report of the Independent Expert on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity regarding the human right to education and the protection against violence ...

The Military and Transition Politics in Uganda" has laid bare the deep and expanding influence of Uganda's military across virtually all spheres of national life--from politics and the economy to law ...

Mwesigwa Masagazi holds a photo of his late son, Ivan Sentongo, at his home in Buloba, in Uganda’s Wakiso district. Sentongo, ...

In last week’s column we started an examination of Uganda’s journey towards prohibiting torture – in law and in fact. We ...

Majority of citizens say the opposition presents a viable alternative vision, but trust and electoral support remain weak.

BRUSSELS: The European Union (EU) has issued a stark assessment of China’s human rights landscape, declaring that fundamental ...

A wise politician should be like a chameleon to change colour when necessary. When I am at Wakiso I have no problem, I can be ...

Without US funding as leverage, one of Uganda’s most prominent LGBT+ activists Steven Kabuye tells Rachel Schraer, there are ...

The Sentry alleges that the Eritrean forces, besides the massacre of civilians, also shipped them across the borders and ...

Kibetsi is one of nearly a million Congolese who have returned to their homes since the M23 rebel group — backed by Rwanda ...

Cameroon’s 92-year-old President Paul Biya announces bid for an eighth term, sparking debate over democracy, succession, and ...

Abstract Togo, a small West African nation, has long been a case study of autocratic persistence under the prolonged rule of the Gnassingb eacute; family .