By Witness Radio team A magistrate court sitting in Hoima City in mid-western Uganda has granted bail to six cattlemen but, will remain in prison due...
Land grabs facilitated by multinational corporations, foreign investors and local governments in a pursuit for agribusiness have been escalating during the last decade. Huge acquisitions of...
Olupot seated with a family member on a bench outside Masindi govt prison shortly after his release . By witnessradio.org Team Kiryandongo – Uganda – a...
By Witnessradio.org Team Geneva – Switzerland – three UN Special Rapporteurs have presented a report on the deteriorating human rights situation in Kiryandongo and Hoima districts...
By witnessradio.org Team A community land rights defender who was kidnapped from his home and tortured by Uganda People’s Defense Force (UPDF) soldiers guarding Kiryandongo Sugar...
Baluma (wearing a coat) and some of his family members. …….Special Report; abridged testimony……. ABDUCTION AND TORTURE: New methods used by multinationals and security agencies to...
A girl walks on a gas pipeline running through Okrika community near Nigeria’s oil hub city of Port Harcourt, Dec. 4, 2012. A new $3.5 billion...
Close to 120 land rights defenders and lawyers representing PAPs have been arbitrarily arrested by security forces facilitating land grabs for investors during COVID-19 lockdown. A...
From right, Aliganyira, Baluma, Byaruhanga and Karangwa shortly after their release from police custody. By witnessnessradio.org Team Confirmed! The 4 village members who were abducted by...
By witnessradio.org Team Kiryandongo – Uganda – Barely less than a week after Witness Radio – Uganda flagged the abduction of a land rights defender Atyaluk...