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HRAFP’s End Of Year 2020 Letter

Dear all, Hope you are enjoying the holidays so far. We have not been able to fully close our offices for the end of year as the political and human rights situation continues to worsen, and as such HRAPF remains open to handle emergency matters. Today, we just returned...

HRAPF’s statement on the International Human Rights day, 2020

As Uganda joins the rest of the world to commemorate the International Human Rights day under the theme; ‘Recover better, stand up for human rights’,  HRAPF issued a Press Statement in the Daily Monitor entitled; “THE NEED TO PROTECT THE MOST VULNERABLE AND MOST MARGINALISED DURING THE COVID-19 RECOVERY...

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...

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,...

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...