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The Spotlight Newsletter – October – December 2024
Dear Reader, Happy New Year 2025!! We are pleased to share the 16th edition of the HRAPF Spotlight Newsletter, bringing you key highlights from our work in the fourth quarter of 2024 (October–December). During this period, HRAPF continued its commitment to advancing human rights through our core programmes: Access to Justice, the Center on Law and Marginalisation, Health Rights and Community Outreach. In this issue, we take you... -
HRAPF’s Report on Cases of violence & violations based on real or presumed SOGIE for February 2025
The human rights situation of LGBTI persons is still worrying. The continued implementation of the AHA has greatly facilitated the commission of human rights violations against LGBTI persons which have majorly manifested through arbitrary arrests, discrimination, inhumane and degrading treatment. Violence against suspected LGBTQ persons in Nakivale refugee settlement remains alarmingly high, with very little being done on the part of the authorities to address it.
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HRAPF’s Report on Cases of violence & violations based on real or presumed SOGIE for January 2025
The continued enforcement of the Anti-Homosexuality Act 2023, exacerbates the violations being committed against the LGBTI persons in Uganda both by Law enforcement officers and people in their private capacities. It is therefore important that more efforts are concentrated towards the annulment of the AHA. The concentrated cases of violence in Nakivale Refugee settlement are worrying.
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HRAPF’s Press statement in commemoration of the World AIDS Day, 2024
On this World AIDS Day, Human Rights Awareness and Promotion Forum (HRAPF) stands in solidarity with the millions of people around the world, particularly in Uganda, who are living with HIV. This year’s theme, “Take the Rights Path”, emphasizes the critical importance of upholding human rights as central to ending the AIDS epidemic. To read the full press statement, click here! -
HRAPF’s Press Statement in commemoration of the International Human Rights Day 2024
Human Rights Awareness and Promotion Forum (HRAPF) joins the world to commemorate International Human Rights Day 2024 under the theme “Our Rights, Our Future, Right Now.” This theme serves as a reminder that the full realisation of human rights is not just a future goal but a present necessity. It calls upon individuals, governments, and organisations to actively protect and promote the rights of all people today to secure...
