DEFENDING LAND AND ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHTS

Court Alert: Court Grants Bail to Jailed Defender and Wife.

By Witness Radio team. After a significant legal engagement, a magistrate court...

DEFENDING LAND AND ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHTS1 week ago

A land rights defender and his wife have been arrested, charged, and sent to prison.

By Witness Radio team. Kiryandongo District – A community land rights Defender...
DEFENDING LAND AND ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHTS3 months ago

Crackdown on EACOP protesters intensifies: 35 Activists arrested in just four months.

By Witness Radio team. Ugandan authorities’ ongoing crackdown on anti-EACOP protest marches...
DEFENDING LAND AND ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHTS3 months ago

Witness Radio Petitions ODPP urgently to review and withdraw criminal charges against Buvuma Community Land Defenders.

By Witness Radio team. As Ugandan courts increasingly become tools of oppression,...
DEFENDING LAND AND ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHTS4 months ago

Milestone: Another case against the EACOP activists is dismissed due to the want of prosecution.

By Witness Radio team. The Buganda Road Chief Magistrate has dismissed another...
DEFENDING LAND AND ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHTS4 months ago

The latest: Another group of anti-EACOP activists has been arrested for protesting Stanbic Bank’s financing of the EACOP Project.

By Witness Radio team. Less than two weeks after Witness Radio’s publication...
DEFENDING LAND AND ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHTS4 months ago

EACOP: The number of activists arrested for opposing the project is already soaring in just a few months of 2025

By Witness Radio team. There is concern over the escalating arrests of...
DEFENDING LAND AND ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHTS4 months ago

Latest: Buganda Road Court grants bail to Eleven Ugandan environmental activists after spending over a week on remand.

By Witness Radio team. The committed environmental activists, who steadfastly advocated for...
DEFENDING LAND AND ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHTS5 months ago

Buvuma Palm Oil Tree Growing: more community land rights defenders are getting targeted, facing judicial harassment, and others are jailed on trumped charges.

By Witness Radio team. Majjo, a farming village in Buvuma District, is...
DEFENDING LAND AND ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHTS5 months ago

Another group of eleven environmental activists have been charged with common nuisance and remanded to Luzira Prison for opposing the EACOP project.

By Witness Radio team. Despite the risks, these eleven environmental activists, unwavering...

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DEFENDING LAND AND ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHTS

Court Alert: Court Grants Bail to Jailed Defender and Wife.

A land rights defender and his wife have been arrested, charged, and sent to prison.

Crackdown on EACOP protesters intensifies: 35 Activists arrested in just four months.

Witness Radio Petitions ODPP urgently to review and withdraw criminal charges against Buvuma Community Land Defenders.

Milestone: Another case against the EACOP activists is dismissed due to the want of prosecution.

The latest: Another group of anti-EACOP activists has been arrested for protesting Stanbic Bank’s financing of the EACOP Project.

EACOP: The number of activists arrested for opposing the project is already soaring in just a few months of 2025

Latest: Buganda Road Court grants bail to Eleven Ugandan environmental activists after spending over a week on remand.

Buvuma Palm Oil Tree Growing: more community land rights defenders are getting targeted, facing judicial harassment, and others are jailed on trumped charges.

Another group of eleven environmental activists have been charged with common nuisance and remanded to Luzira Prison for opposing the EACOP project.