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Uganda: Uganda: Respect Rights in COVID-19 Response
HRW, 2 April 2020
(Kampala, Uganda, April 2, 2020) – The Ugandan government should ensure that its security forces refrain from using excessive force or committing other abuses when enforcing… Read more »
Right Group Urges Uganda to Respect Rights in COVID-19 Response
The Ugandan government should ensure that its security forces refrain from using excessive force or committing other abuses when enforcing measures in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Human Rights Watch has said. There has also been calls for government to release the 20 LGBT+ people that were charged with risking the spread of coronavirus, saying that they were deliberately targeted.
Uganda has 44 COVID-19 cases so far and no deaths and the ministry of Health plans to turn Mandela National Stadium into a health facility as the number of cases increase.
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Uganda: COVID-19: Health Ministry Plans to Turn Namboole Stadium into Health Facility
Monitor, 2 April 2020
The Ministry of Health is planning to turn Mandela National Stadium (Namboole) into a health facility if the number of COVID-19 cases increase.This was revealed on Wednesday by Dr… Read more »
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Uganda: Man Narrates Curfew Ordeal
Monitor, 2 April 2020
Just a few hours to the time of curfew on Tuesday, a number of people were seen racing on the streets to be home before 7 pm. Read more »
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Uganda: Rights Groups Demand Release of LGBT+ People Jailed Over Coronavirus
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 1 April 2020
The group is accused of disobeying measures to curb the spread of coronavirus, but campaigners say they were deliberately targeted Read more »
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Uganda: Uganda's Covid-19 Cases Climb to 44 After 11 Test Positive
Monitor, 31 March 2020
At least 11 Ugandans on Tuesday tested positive for coronavirus bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 44. President Museveni on Tuesday said the 11 are members of the… Read more »
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Uganda: Police Shoot Two for Defying COVID-19 Order
Nairobi News, 29 March 2020
Police in Uganda have shot and injured two people reportedly caught defying a presidential directive on public transport. Read more »
InFocus
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President Yoweri Museveni has said that because some people had ignored with "indiscipline and Inconsideration" the measures imposed by the government, more stringent action had to ... Read more »
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"All public means of transport have been suspended for 14 days. This includes taxis, buses, coasters, passenger trains, tricycles and boda bodas. Only private means will be allowed ... Read more »
