Press Releases

Human Rights Watch, Amnesty Int, HRAPF and 28 other NGOs issue letter in CSO break-ins

Uganda: Investigate Break-ins at Groups’ Offices Pattern of Attacks Indicates Perpetrators Enjoy Impunity (Kampala, June 13, 2016) – The Uganda Police Force (UPF) should promptly, thoroughly, and transparently investigate a series of attacks on Ugandan non-governmental organizations and human rights defenders and hold suspects accountable, 31 Ugandan and international human rights groups said today in a letter to the police inspector general. The severity of one of the recent...

PRESS RELEASE: VIOLENT BREAK IN AT HRAPF OFFICES

PRESS RELEASE VIOLENT BREAK IN AT HRAPF OFFICES Kampala, Monday 23 May 2016 Human Rights Awareness and Promotion Forum (HRAPF) urges the Ugandan government to conduct a transparent and swift investigation into the break-in to the HRAPF offices on 22 May 2016, during which the guard on duty was beaten to death. Four assailants murdered Emmanuel Alituha in the early hours of 22 May 2016, who was the guard...

HRAPF IDAHOT: Lois et politiques touchant les droits à l’orientation sexuelle et à l’identité de genre en Ouganda, au Kenya et au Burundi

FORUM DE SENSIBILISATION ET DE PROMOTION DES DROITS HUMAINS (HRAPF) Lois et politiques touchant les droits à l’orientation sexuelle et à l’identité de genre en Ouganda, au Kenya et au Burundi Les rapports sexuels entre personnes de même sexe sont interdits en Ouganda, au Kenya, ainsi qu’au Burundi. En Ouganda et au Kenya, cette criminalisation a été héritée de la domination coloniale britannique et retenue dans les livres de...

HRAPF IDAHOT MESSAGE ON LAWS AND POLICIES IN EAST AFRICA

HUMAN RIGHTS AWARENESS AND PROMOTION FORUM (HRAPF) IDAHOT 2016 Laws and policies affecting SOGI rights in Uganda, Kenya and Burundi Sex between people of the same sex is criminalized in Uganda, Kenya as well as Burundi. In Uganda and Kenya, this criminalization has been inherited from British colonial rule and retained on the law books. The Ugandan Penal Code Act criminalizes the having of ‘carnal knowledge against the order...