January 20, 2021

Uganda 2021 General Elections: Internet shutdown and it’s Ripple Effects

If Internet shutdowns are used as a blunt-force means of blocking access locally to a specific service or application, access to other unrelated services may also be impacted as collateral damage.
January 18, 2021

Biometric Machines Exasperate Voters in Uganda’s 2021 Elections

The use of Biometric machines was introduced in the 2016 general elections but the machines largely failed to work and the Electoral Commission (EC) which is the electoral body resorted to manual verification of voters using a voters’ register.
January 13, 2021

Blocking social media is a direct attack on democracy in Uganda, says Unwanted Witness Uganda.

When a country like Uganda is aiming at becoming a middle income economy and wants to anchor the growth on its information and communication sector, Internet shutdowns send all the wrong signals to investors and consumers.
January 5, 2021

Legalizing digital technology in Uganda’s electoral process, but are privacy rights and freedoms protected?

As the voting day draws closer, government and different political actors are embracing technological tools to provide voter education, monitor and tally election results.
December 28, 2020

Unwanted Witness Condemns the Heinous Acts of Violence Against Journalists

Unwanted Witness strongly condemns the ongoing odious acts of violence and harassment meted on journalists by security operatives in Uganda.
December 18, 2020

Google must disregard the Government of Uganda’s requests intended to silence legitimate dissent

Over 20 National and International Human Rights Organisations have submitted a letter to Google CEO Sundar Pichai asking Google to disregard the government of Uganda’s intentions of further silencing dissent during democratic processes in the country.
October 30, 2020

The Inaugural Annual Privacy Scorecard Unveiled

The Privacy Scorecard is a monitoring tool that will be used to provide Ugandans with critical information on how different personal data collectors/processors comply with the Data Protection and Privacy Act, 2019.
October 23, 2020

Unwanted Witness Conducts an Online (Facebook Live) debate to demystify Internet-based Violence against Women in Uganda.

Kampala, 23rd October 2020; Unwanted Witness has today held an online (Facebook Live) debate on violence […]
October 1, 2020

Civil society organisation protests UCC online regulations

They said the requirement for the application, registration and authorisation threatens free speech and the right […]
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