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HRAPF Press Statement on International Safe Abortion Day
PRESS STATEMENT ON INTERNATIONAL SAFE ABORTION DAY 28TH SEPTEMBER 2018 Human Rights Awareness and Promotion Forum (HRAPF) Joins the World in Commemorating International Safe Abortion Day. “Normalising Abortion its Part of Our Lives” The fact that abortion is criminalised in Uganda with very little exception continues to contribute to the alarming rates of maternal mortality in the country. In 2016, the Guttmacher Institute released a study suggesting that there... -
HRAPF’s IDAHOT Statement
PRESS STATEMENT ON THE INTERNATIONAL DAY AGAINST HOMOPHOBIA, TRANSPHOBIA AND BIPHOBIA (IDAHOT) 17 May 2018 LET US END HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS OF PERSONS BASED ON THEIR SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND/OR GENDER IDENTITY IN UGANDA Every year on the 17th of May, the world celebrates the International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia. This date was chosen in commemoration of the day on which the World Health Organisation removed homosexuality... -
Dismissal of Abortion Case Against a Health Worker
Since November 2016, HRAPF has been handling a case in Mbarara involving a health care worker who provided post-abortion care to a young lady that regrettably died of post-abortion complications. The health worker was charged with manslaughter following the death of the patient, and has been answering said charges before the Chief Magistrate. During this time, HRAPF has worked tirelessly to ensure that the client is afforded a fair... -
Kenya Court of Appeal declares Anal Examinations as unconstitutional
Last week the Kenya Court of Appeal made a land mark decision on subjection of suspected gay men to forced anal examinations in a bid to obtain evidence of engagement in consensual same sex conduct against them, in a case that was filed by the National Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (NGLHRC), an LGBTQ rights legal advocacy organisation in Kenya. The ruling which declared anal examinations as a...
