Videos
Countering Disinformation
Disinformation or false information spread deliberately to cause harm undermines trust in institutions like the media, political parties, etc. In this video series, AGORA talked to different actors about what can be done to counter it.
‘Release our people’ – Wives & mothers of political victims cry out
Since the 2021 elections, hundreds of opposition supporters have been detained, disappeared, and even killed. Some are facing trial before the Military Court Martial.
Part I: One political activist’s lasting fight with Speaker Among
An acquittance invited Habib Buwembo, 42, a renown political activist, for a meeting at a Kampala hotel in January 2017. When Buwembo arrived, the acquittance…
Part II: How Buwembo was jailed for threatening Speaker Among
On February 8, 2022, the Ugandan parliament was unusually charged. One after another, legislators lambasted government over widespread state-sponsored torture. Kampala Central MP, Mohammad Nsereko, had increasingly toned…
How Uganda tried to silence #March2Parliament protests
“I expected to be killed. I expected to be raped,” said Aloikin Praise Opoloje, a few days after she was released from detention on bail…
Poor fishing communities targeted and discriminated against on L.Victoria
A year after his arrest by the Fish Protection Unit of the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF), Moses Musitwa was still paying off debts he…
How Makerere erased our freedoms
It is 7:00pm July 14, 2022. Despite the onset of darkness, hundreds of students are moving on all university roads, chanting their candidates’ names. On…
‘Release our people’ – Wives & mothers of political victims cry out
Since the 2021 elections, hundreds of opposition supporters have been detained, disappeared, and even killed. Some are facing trial before the Military Court Martial.
Fresh details on digital number plates
Government pushes ahead with project despite concerns over Russian contractor and potential human rights violation As July 01 which is the new launch deadline for digital…